Former Manchester United goal conceder Roy Carroll, has claimed in an interview with FourFourTwo magazine that he has not taken a backward step by joining the Danish Super League outfit Odense BK!?!.
The Northern Irish keeper is probably best known for preventing 'the goal that never was' (pictured above) when playing for Man Utd against Tottenham Hotspur in 2005. Spurs midfielder Pedro Mendes took a shot from the halfway line which beat Carroll who backpeddled and pushed the ball back out of the goal. The referee and linesman failed to give the goal even though it was at least 2 weeks over the line!.
But in the summer of 2009 after leaving Derby County, Carroll failed to find an English based club who thought he was worth paying, so he took up an offer from the Danish team who immediately made him the most well paid player in their history.
''Here in Denmark, there are a number of things to get used to....for example, they drive on the opposite side of the road, they have winter for 9 months of the year, it's a criminal offense to publicly criticise 'Great Dane' and national hero Peter Schmeichel, but the wages of £120 a week after Danish tax make it all worth while.......... but I suppose the most difficult thing to adjust to over here was the fact that here I am considered a decent keeper!?!.
The Northern Irish keeper is probably best known for preventing 'the goal that never was' (pictured above) when playing for Man Utd against Tottenham Hotspur in 2005. Spurs midfielder Pedro Mendes took a shot from the halfway line which beat Carroll who backpeddled and pushed the ball back out of the goal. The referee and linesman failed to give the goal even though it was at least 2 weeks over the line!.
But in the summer of 2009 after leaving Derby County, Carroll failed to find an English based club who thought he was worth paying, so he took up an offer from the Danish team who immediately made him the most well paid player in their history.
''Here in Denmark, there are a number of things to get used to....for example, they drive on the opposite side of the road, they have winter for 9 months of the year, it's a criminal offense to publicly criticise 'Great Dane' and national hero Peter Schmeichel, but the wages of £120 a week after Danish tax make it all worth while.......... but I suppose the most difficult thing to adjust to over here was the fact that here I am considered a decent keeper!?!.
Many people back home might be thinking that I've taken a backward step by moving to Denmark but you've got to remember.....I've played at Wigan!!......once you've been there...anywhere you go will be paradise!!''.
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