Andy Carroll is set to miss out on an emotional return to his former club West Ham United at the start of next month after suffering a groin injury. Carroll, 30, is expected to miss at least two matches in his first major setback since his return to Newcastle United in the summer on a pay-as-you-play deal. The striker has yet to start a game in his second spell at his boyhood club, which he left in 2011 for Liverpool in a £35 million transfer, then a record deal for a British player. Carroll has not scored a goal on his return to the North East, with Newcastle the joint-bottom scorers in the Premier League having found the net only five times this season.

Source: The Times October 25, 2019 08:03 UTC