Think of the players who Andy Carroll reminds you of.
Peter Crouch, you say? Not a bad shout.
What’s that? Emmanuel Adebayor? Yeah, we can see that.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Bit of a stretch but we’ll accept it.
Carroll’s West Ham manager Slaven Bilic came up with an altogether unexpected name when discussing his striker’s tremendous performance against Arsenal on Saturday afternoon.
Carroll scored a hat-trick against the Gunners in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Upton Park and one of the goals drew a rather bizarre comparison to former Manchester United playmaker Paul Scholes.
“I know that he is motivated. Especially after Saturday – he can’t wait to go back out there,” Bilic said ahead of the Hammers’ FA Cup quarter-final replay with United.
“OK, he scored a hat-trick and all that, but it was not just that he was in or around the box waiting for crosses.
“Take his third goal: He took a ball as a left winger, kept the ball – kept it that we could go out a little bit, because we defended – then switched sides with a diagonal ball, like Paul Scholes used to. Then he was in the box.
“So it was not only the goals.”
Paul Scholes. Paul SCHOLES. PAUL SCHOLES!
