Andy Carroll’s struggle to stay healthy continues as the West Ham striker has suffered another injury setback.
Carroll reaggravated a groin injury warming up for the Hammers’ match against Norwich City last weekend, although he did come on as a second-half substitute.
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However, manager Slaven Bilic said that injury was enough to keep Carroll out of Saturday’s FA Cup match with Blackburn Rovers, and potentially another match or two after that.It is not a big one, it is just a couple of weeks.
We are gutted and he is gutted. He felt that during the warm-up when he was preparing to come on against Norwich, but he played and made a huge impact. But after it turned out to be a minor, but still an injury.
Carroll has managed just seven Premier League starts for West Ham this season while missing chunks of time with multiple injuries, a problem that has plagued the big striker throughout his career.
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With a favorable matchup in the FA Cup fifth round against struggling Championship side Blackburn, the Hammers will travel to Ewood Park shorthanded. The club’s top-three strike options in Carroll, Enner Valencia, and Diafra Sakho are all unavailable, meaning January loan-signing Emmanuel Emenike could be in line for his first start this weekend.
