Andy Carroll faces injury spell, ending links to Chelsea - reports

Published on: 18 January 2018

Stevie Nicol breaks down the latest transfer rumours surrounding Andy Carroll, Antonio Conte, Riyad Mahrez and many more in Transfer Rater. David Moyes sings the praises of Andy Carroll after West Ham's win over West Brom and discusses the Hammers' transfer plans.

Andy Carroll is set to stay with West Ham this winter as he faces at least a month out through an ankle injury, according to multiple reports.

Carroll has been linked with a move to Chelsea, but now any move in January appears to be unlikely after a scan reportedly revealed the severity of the injury on Thursday.

Hammers boss David Moyes is likely to address the matter in his news conference on Friday ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash at home to Bournemouth.

Surgery is among the options being considered and, if the 29-year-old Carroll underwent an operation he would be out for months, rather than weeks.

Earlier this week Moyes had denied that West Ham were ready to sell Carroll, who has not played since Jan. 4 against Tottenham.

"At the moment Andy has an ankle injury," Moyes said on Wednesday. "He had an injection around 10 days ago and we hope that will settle and he will be available again as soon as possible."

Moyes was at Chelsea's FA Cup replay with Norwich on Wednesday night, apparently watching Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi.

Batshuayi scored Chelsea's first goal in more than five hours, but his overall performance was underwhelming as he frequently squandered possession.

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