Andy Carroll & Billi Mucklow put Essex home on market for eye-watering price after marriage breakdown as ex-Liverpool striker eyes fresh start with new girlfriend

Ex-Liverpool striker Carroll has sold his Essex home for £8.5m after separating from wife Mucklow, according to The Sun, and is considering proposing to new girlfriend Teasdale.

Carroll had put the property on the market back in November and is now said to have found a buyer willing to pay the huge asking price. News of his impending divorce from Mucklow came in September, having secretly split in July.

Carroll has been plying his trade for Bordeaux in recent years, being paid less than minimum wage by the French side. Les Girondins compete in Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football, after financial mismanagement saw them relegated two divisions.

Carroll is still contracted for another two years by Bordeaux, who finished fourth in Group B of the Championnat National 2, failing to achieve promotion.