Andy Carroll ‘playing 5D chess’ as former England star steals show on debut after dropping down to fourth tier

ANDY CARROLL has taken his archetypal steps successful becoming a nine fable for Bordeaux aft a stunning debut.

Carroll, 35, joined the iconic French squad earlier this week - dropping down 2 divisions and taking a immense pay-cut to bash so.

The nine-time England planetary was playing successful the French 2nd part with Amiens but chose to leap vessel to Bordeaux for a caller challenge.

Bordeaux are presently plying their commercialized successful the FOURTH DIVISION of French football aft being handed a treble relegation in the aftermath of their bankruptcy.

But Carroll chose to instrumentality his acquisition down to the non-league outfit and gain a reported "minimum wage of £2,100" arsenic a caller situation successful the twilight of his career.

His immense acquisition of playing astatine the apical level has already reared its caput arsenic helium had a phenomenal debut, redeeming his broadside from an embarrassing defeat.

The seasoned turned it connected arsenic Bordeaux trailed to Chateaubriant 2-0 and were successful dire request of immoderate attacking impotence.

The 72nd infinitesimal rolled astir and Carroll got disconnected the mark, a typically acrobatic decorativeness that tucked into the bottommost country and sparked a comeback.

Just 2 minutes earlier the last whistle and Carroll popped up again, this clip leaping caput and shoulders supra everyone other astatine a corner-kick and nodding a slug header into the apical corner.

The erstwhile Newcastle and Liverpool striker had single-handedly dragged his caller nine from the borderline of decision to leaving with a point.

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Fans are convinced that the towering centre-forward is opening a travel to go a "club icon" astatine Bordeaux and tin beryllium the antheral to pb them backmost up the divisions.

On societal media, 1 protagonist wrote: "He’s playing 5D chess and we person beforehand enactment seats."

While different added: "This is astir apt the cleanable twilight gig. Relatively undemanding football, fantastic upwind and truthful galore fans acceptable to marque you a cult hero".

A 3rd posted: "Things we emotion to see!"

And a 4th gushed: "This is the redemption communicative of the season".

Bordeaux are Carroll's eighth nine of his vocation which has seen him marque implicit 400 appearances and people successful excess of 100 goals.

His journeyman-like vocation has included stints astatine Liverpool, Newcastle, Reading and West Ham.