West Ham United's co-owner David Sullivan has revealed that Andy Carroll is likely to be out of action for four months with torn ligaments.
As exclusively revealed here on KUMB.com yesterday, Carroll is facing a lengthy lay-off once again after sustaining the injury during training in New Zealand.The news was confirmed this afternoon by Sullivan via his youngest son Jack's Twitter feed, following the second annual #askDS session in which supporters were invited to send their questions to the Chairman.
VERY BAD NEW REGARDING AC, TORN LIGAMENTS IN ANKLE... OPERATION TOMORROW WITH TOP SURGEON IN USA... WILL BE PLAYING IN 4 MONTHS
— Jack Sullivan (@jsullivanwhu) July 24, 2014
Updated Thursday 7:35pm: Andy Carroll has just posted the following message on Twitter.
Going under the knife tomorrow morning and absolutely devastated to be missing the start of the season!! pic.twitter.com/kTAYuF0YGB
— Andy Carroll (@AndyTCarroll) July 24, 2014
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