Rumours have circulated amongst those placing football bets this week that 22-year-old would be missing until March, but a club spokesman denied the injury is a long term issue. He said:

“There’s no factual basis to the report. He will be out for two to three weeks as boss Alan Pardew said before the Spurs game.”

Carroll has enjoyed a spectacular start to the season and has netted 11 times this season, but has been absent since the 2-0 defeat against Spurs on December 28th.

Tottenham are just one of the clubs rumoured to be interested in signing the striker who has forced himself into England Boss Fabio Capello’s plans, earning a starting place in the 2-1 defeat against France at Wembley. The England boss has expressed an interest in pairing Carroll with Wayne Rooney when he returns to full fitness.

Newcastle will not be in action this weekend after being knocked out of the FA Cup against Stevenage. The magpies face Fulham on Ferbruary 2nd and will look to build on their solid first half of the season and consolidate their 11th position in the league. Football betting patterns have emerged which show Newcastle have yet to be ruled out of the race to secure European football next season.

Newcastle United
21 year-old Carroll, a classic “no. 9″ centre forward, with superb strength, powerful shot and superb in the air, has already received favourable comparisons to Alan Shearer, the club`s record goalscorer.

Blackpool manager, Ian Holloway, recently described Carroll as “the best striker in the Premier League.” Up to 28th November, Carroll`s 9 goals from 14 appearances in the 2010-11 season have been significant in the club`s relatively impressive return to the top tier of English football.

18 points from 14 games has left Newcastle in the top half of the Premiership table. The striker`s impressive performances have attracted the attention of the Premiership`s leading sides and Newcastle manager, Chris Hughton, was delighted when Carroll signed a new 5-year deal with the club, at the beginning of October. Nonetheless, there remains a good deal of speculation over his club future.

According to caughtoffside website, Chelsea manager, Carlo Ancelloti, is lining up Carroll as a replacement for Didier Drogba and may make a £15 million move for the Newcastle striker as early as the January transfer window.

Manager Hughton will be anxious to discourage interest in the potential-laden St. James` Park striker as the Magpies continue to strive for a top-6 finish.

England
Following a successful international career at under-19 and under-21 level, Andy Carroll earned his senior call-up in the Wembley friendly against France on 17th November. England put up a poor performance in their 2-1 loss to Les Bleus and Andy Carroll`s performance was one of the few positives to take from the game.

He did not look at all out of place in senior company, his work rate was superb and he appears to have a big future with the national side. Carroll appears close to the finished article, with strength, swagger, great feet and a hunched, gliding style that conceals a good turn of foot.

As a predominantly left-footed player, he adds a slightly different dimension to the England attack and proved a handful for the French defence. With England resorting to “route one” football, Carroll won many of the hopeful punts forward and even when failing to win the ball, his combination of brute strength and cunning prevented France from clearing their lines effectively.

Wayne Rooney was absent for the French encounter but made his Manchester United comeback from injury against Wigan on the following Saturday and England boss, Fabio Capello, is eagerly anticipating the pair playing together.

Capello said, “They will be a good combination. Not only is Carroll good in the air, he has good movement, he can bring other players into the game when he receives the ball, he can dribble and is always looking for the goal.” Carroll looks a ready-made partner for Rooney in the forthcoming Euro 2012 Qualifiers.

Fans who watch live football online are likely to see Andy Carroll to continue to figure prominently for both Newcastle and England.

However, just ten games into the season Barton’s ambition, although still clearly some way off, appears far more realistic. The midfielder has been ever present in the league this season and the midfielder has rewarded the Newcastle manager’s faith with a series of stellar performances in a wide role for the team. Some people had made Newcastle Premier League tips for relegation, but Barton has helped them cruise into seventh.

Barton’s career to date has been plagued by injury problems and issues brought on by ill discipline and unwise comments in the media. However, since his move from Manchester City, the player seems to have been on a gradual learning curve and it would now appear that all is coming good at precisely the right time for the midfielder.

An England call-up is quite clearly not on the horizon for Barton, with so much competition in the midfield positions, and Fabio Capello looking to hand opportunities to young, untested individuals.

However, the Newcastle betting suggests the club are in for a tough time against Arsenal this weekend and if Barton can shine in that game it will surely only be a matter of time before the calls from the terraces for the player to be involved in Capello’s plans catch the ear of the England boss.

With Capello quite clearly resistant to caving in to public pressure, however, whether or not those calls are heeded is another matter entirely.

However, although this hyperbole is certain to boost the confidence of a young man who has proved he very much enjoys playing in the big time and with the burden of expectation firmly on his shoulders, Andy Carroll has also shown a real touch of maturity by stating that he is an individual who is only thinking about helping to re-establish Newcastle United as a powerful and consistent Premier League force, even if the football rumours have linked him with a move elsewhere.

With Carroll having already found the back of the net four times this season, Newcastle United fans know that their young star will be vital to their plans if they are to avoid relegation this season, something the Newcastle betting tips suggest they should be able to do.

However, with Carroll already being linked with big money moves to the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle fans will be hopeful the club can cling on to a player who has a bright future.

Despite all the rumours surrounding the player, it is clear that Newcastle fans would dearly love to see the youngster turn out to be the long-term English candidate deserving of wearing the fabled number nine shirt of Newcastle United.

However, in the short term at least he will need to be at his best in Newcastle United’s upcoming fixtures, which are likely to demand the best from each and every player in the starting line-up.

The state-of-the-art complex will be a training camp for the England team at all levels and a base for the residential training programme for FA coaches.

It has (actually) nothing to do with the new appointed England manager Fabio Cappelo so the FA decided to build the new ground.

Their original plan was initially drawn up in 2001 to place England’s facilities on a par with those in France, Germany and Italy, but was mothballed during the construction of the new Wembley Stadium.

No wonder the England national team has not reach any significant success they deserve all these years. It is a bit funny where the mother of football has no decent training facilities.

“I’m delighted that the board has given the green light for a National Football Centre,” Brian Barwick, the FA chief executive, said as quoted from the Times.

“This is a major step forward for the project. There was general agreement within the board that a National Football Centre would be a major asset in the development of players, coaches and referees in this country.”

The development of new training ground is to believe will costs at around £80 million from the original estimates of £50 million. £20 million already spent on acquiring the land and laying out eight floodlit pitches of the 350-acre site.