Liverpool have paid Andy Carroll around £1million to leave Anfield.
England striker Carroll completed a £17.5m move to West Ham, on a six-year deal, earlier this week after spending last season on loan to the Londoners.
It has since emerged that the 24-year-old was given a massive golden parachute by the Reds to join the Irons on a permanent basis.
Carroll had been stalling on the switch, and that Liverpool feared he would not make the move unless they made the payment.
The Mirror understands the Anfield giants increased the amount of money they were demanding from West Ham so that they could in turn pay Carroll off.
It was revealed earlier this week that the striker's transfer deal breaks down to £15.5m plus another £2m in add-ons.
The move from Liverpool illustrates the lengths they were prepared to go to get Carroll of their wage bill and use his fee to fund summer signings.
The marksman had held out for a switch back to boyhood club Newcastle, who sold him to the Kop for £35m in 2011.
But the Magpies - despite talk of a late bid - were not prepared to pay the amount finally agreed between Liverpool and West Ham.
Meanwhile Carroll - who scored seven times in 22 starts for the Hammers last season, has vowed to improve on that tally in 2013-14.
He said: "I am going to give it my all, to hopefully get some more goals and the aim is to win something.
"I can't see why we can't do it with the way the team is going. Getting promoted the season before last, then finishing where we did - we did great, and it can only get better for us."
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