'He told me to come to Liverpool': Darren Bent reveals conversation with Carragher about Anfield move

"There was one particular time; I’d just finished my first season for Sunderland and it had gone really well," Bent revealed to TalkSPORT.

"Jamie Carragher had a conversation [with me] about coming to Liverpool.

"It wasn’t a conversation like, 'we need to get you there', it was kind of like, 'it would be good if you came, you did really well in your first season, you’re probably a little bit too expensive for us," Bent continued.

"I was like, 'bloody hell!' It’s Liverpool Football Club, you’ve got to jump at the chance.

"I ended up staying at Sunderland, I didn’t go anywhere. Maybe Benitez didn’t see eye-to-eye with Carragher in the signing."

Darren Bent scored the infamous beach ball goal for Sunderland in his first season at the club.

Bent could've signed in the summer of 2010 but Liverpool replaced Fernando Torres with Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll 6 months later.