Jamie Carragher believes that Liverpool new boy Andy Carroll strikes fear into his opponents.
The 22-year-old forward joined the Merseyside outfit in the January transfer window, after the Reds agreed to cough up £35 million to Newcastle United in exchange for the services of the hitman.
"We've had big tall lads, people like Heskey or Crouch, who have done very well for us," Carragher told LFC Weekly.
"But Carroll has that aggression that makes defenders fear him. He seems like a good lad - someone who'll fit in.
"As a defender you know when you go into certain games against particular players that you're going to have a hard day. There aren't too many of them but I know few people will relish playing against Andy.
"You wake up in the morning and think, 'Ah God - I don't want to play against him.' Everyone who has faced him probably thinks, 'I don't need this today.'"
The arrival of Carroll and Luis Suarez also saw the departure of former fans' favourite Fernando Torres, whose transfer to Chelsea has seen his image on Merseyside take a battering.
"It's two players for one if you like," Carragher said. "They can become a partnership and bring other things to the team as a target man [Carroll] and someone who can feed off the pieces [Luis Suarez]. Likewise if one is injured, the other is still capable of playing on their own through the middle."
Carroll, however, is currently recovering from a thigh injury, and earlier reports point towards a March return for the forward.
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