Andy Carroll Injury: Updates on West Ham Star's Knee and Return

West Ham United centre-forward Andy Carroll is set to miss the rest of the season due to knee surgery to repair an injury suffered against Southampton on Feb. 11. 

Continue for updates.

---

Carroll Off Crutches, Recovery 'Going Well'

Wednesday, Mar. 18

Stijn Vandenbroucke, head of medical and sports science at the club, has confirmed Carroll is making good progress along the road to recovery. Vandenbroucke wrote the following in his recent injury round-up on the Hammers' official website:

"

Andy Carroll no longer needs crutches to walk and now only has a brace on the knee he injured against Southampton on 11 February. Andy is still limited, but from Tuesday this week we significantly increased his rehab and are able to do a wider variety exercises. Andy’s rehab is going well and everything is still on schedule.

"

---

Allardyce Discusses Carroll Injury

Friday, Feb. 20

Sam Allardyce previously spoke about Carroll's injury, per West Ham's official Twitter feed: 

---

Carroll Posts Photo of Post-Surgery Knee

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Carroll took to Instagram to share a photo of his knee after surgery (WARNING: PHOTO IS GRAPHIC):

On Feb. 17, Carroll tweeted following his surgery:

West Ham previously announced that Carroll would miss the rest of the season due to surgery on his injured knee: 

"

Andy Carroll will have surgery on his injured knee on Tuesday following assessment by a specialist on Friday afternoon.

The England international injured his left knee during the second half of Wednesday night's 0-0 Barclays Premier League draw at Southampton.

The recovery phase is expected to keep Carroll out for the remainder of the 2014/15 season.

"

On Feb. 12, John Percy of The Telegraph reported that Carroll's knee injury could see him out six weeks, but the injury was clearly more serious than initially thought. 

---

Sam Allardyce Comments on Carroll Injury

Wednesday, Feb. 11

BBC Sport reported Allardyce's comments on the recurrence of Carroll's knee problem:

"

He got kicked in the back of the knee and felt something wrong. It's going to take longer (to get fit) this time because it's the same injury (he suffered against Liverpool). He stayed up and was a nuisance. I just hope that staying on hasn't done any more damage.

"

---

Carroll Stretchered Off vs. Liverpool

Saturday, Jan. 31

ESPN FC announced the news of Carroll's earlier departure against Liverpool:

The tackle in question was a bad one, for which the 26-year-old was rightly booked, and fans and pundits alike showed little sympathy when he signaled the bench to let the doctors know he wouldn't be able to continue.

The Liverpool Echo's James Pearce described the scene quite well:

The Hammers don't have a natural replacement capable of weighing as much on a defence as Carroll can, so fans will have to pray team doctors have some good news regarding the star striker's injury in the coming days.