Andy Carroll 'will turn down offer from West Ham United'

Andy Carroll will resist any contract offer from West Ham despite the club agreeing a transfer fee with Liverpool, according to reports.

Carroll is determined to stay at Anfield and prove himself to Brendan Rodgers unless an offer comes in from a team with European football, The Guardian reports.

West Ham are reported to have agreed an initial loan fee of £2m for the England striker with a view to a permanent transfer costing £17m.

Hammers manager Sam Allardyce has considerable work to do to convince Carroll that his future lies in East London.

Carroll may not have given up hope a return to his boyhood team Newcastle United.

The 23-year-old has been spent the past week building his fitness on Liverpool's tour of North America.