West Ham striker Andy Carroll will be out of contention for several weeks after leaving Wednesday's draw at Southampton on crutches. The forward was enjoying his first match since suffering a knee injury on January 31.
"He got kicked in the back of the knee and felt something wrong," said West Ham boss Sam Allardyce. Carroll was forced to remain on the pitch because his side were already down to 10 men and had made all three substitutions.
"He stayed up and was a nuisance," said Allardyce. "I just hope that staying on hasn't done any more damage." Goalkeeper Adrian was sent off in the 61st minute after handling the ball outside the penalty area. West Ham were looking into the possibility of signing former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra on a free transfer but it appears the deal can not go through. Allardyce said: "We have negotiated for weeks to get the right deal and, now we've got it, we find we can't get the right paperwork and the right clearance, so we have wasted his time and our time."
West Ham are currently 14/1 at Bet365 to clinch a surprising top-six finish at the end of the season.
Shumar4life
9 years ago
Caroll is average player despite the fact that he came to Liverpool with big hype with which he was surrounded. He will be big miss for West Hem United and surely it would be very hard for them to find proper replacement for him. It would be interesting to see on which way this miss will affect their game in front.
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timidi 9 years ago
Bad luck for Andy Carroll but I think that West Ham have a lot of other players who can play maybe even better than Andy Carroll. For me he was always over rated player and over paid of course. So I think that without him West Ham can maybe play better and score more goals because they are very great offensive team and...
Bad luck for Andy Carroll but I think that West Ham have a lot of other players who can play maybe even better than Andy Carroll. For me he was always over rated player and over paid of course. So I think that without him West Ham can maybe play better and score more goals because they are very great offensive team and Andy know sometimes to slow their attack... but we will see
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sharpe
9 years ago
Really bad luck for Andy Carroll who finally was at the top of his game this season after the poor Liverpool period and not so successful last season. That will be a huge hit on Sam Allardyce's ambitions for good performance this season because Carroll is an important part of West Ham team. But Good luck to Andy and I hope...
Really bad luck for Andy Carroll who finally was at the top of his game this season after the poor Liverpool period and not so successful last season. That will be a huge hit on Sam Allardyce's ambitions for good performance this season because Carroll is an important part of West Ham team. But Good luck to Andy and I hope we will see him back in action soon.
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seculla
9 years ago
Knee injuries can be very bad, once you suffer some knee injury there is very big chance that you will never be able to play on same level. I had surgery on my knee and from that point to now I feel pain very often while running. This is bad news for West Ham and his fans, but this is most "painful" for Andy Carroll. This...
Knee injuries can be very bad, once you suffer some knee injury there is very big chance that you will never be able to play on same level. I had surgery on my knee and from that point to now I feel pain very often while running. This is bad news for West Ham and his fans, but this is most "painful" for Andy Carroll. This might turn down his career. I hope that he get well and be back at the field soon.
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h34dhunt3r
9 years ago
Sad stuff for West Ham fans. They were doing really good in 1st half of the season, but then injures came along, african players left for their cup of nations (five of them) and now this. Predicted them to get 5th or 6th place and qualify for Europe League, but now I doubt it...
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