By ANDREW DILLON
ANDY CARROLL is out of England’s World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.
He picked up a hamstring strain on his West Ham debut, hobbling off after a bulldozing display destroyed Fulham.
Hammers boss Sam Allardyce said: “It’s not good news and Andy’s gutted.
“We are praying it is not too severe and he’s actually not out for longer than the two-week international break.
“But Andy will probably be on our treatment bench for a little while.”
Carroll, involved in two Hammers goals after his loan move from Liverpool, was crocked after jumping with Fulham’s Brede Hangeland.
Allardyce added: “We were ready to bring him off and unfortunately, on that last jump, Andy twisted his body and pulled his hamstring.”
England boss Roy Hodgson is already without crocked Wayne Rooney for the qualifiers in Moldova on Friday and against Ukraine at Wembley on September 11.
Danny Welbeck, Jermain Defoe and Daniel Sturridge are the only three remaining strikers in Hodgson’s squad.
Darren Bent and Peter Crouch will hope for recalls.
But an FA statement last night read: “Any decision on whether to call additional players into the squad will not be made until after the three fixtures on Sunday have been completed.”
