Carroll out 'til 2013

  • by Staff Writer
  • Saturday, 1st December 2012

Andy Carroll could be sidelined for up to two months after it was revealed that he sustained knee ligament damage against Manchester United.

The on-loan striker was substituted an hour into Wednesday night's 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford and tests have revealed that the England international has suffered lateral ligament damage.

Speaking after today's 3-1 win against Chelsea, Sam Allardyce confirmed the bad news - but insisted that the on-loan Carroll would remain at West Ham with view to continuing his loan spell upon his return from injury.

"It's a lateral ligament which is the outside of the knee. It's in a brace," confirmed Allardyce. "But he stays with us.

"We've contacted Liverpool and they have all the information. Liverpool sent a medical representative down when Andy went to visit the specialist - they use the same specialist as we do - and the specialist has given this diagnosis of what to do.

"Hopefully Andy will recover as quickly as the specialist said he might."

The news will come as a huge disappointment to Carroll who scored his first goal for West Ham at Tottenham last weekend. His replacement - Carlton Cole - scored the first of United's three goals against the European champions at the Boleyn Ground this afternoon.

* Something to say about this story? Please visit the KUMB Forum to leave a comment.



More News