West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce has said that he hopes striker Andy Carroll can get over his troublesome injury problems for good.

The Hammers have had to deal with a number of injuries involving the frontman, with his latest setback seeing him undergo an operation to solve torn knee ligaments.

"Everyone is very disappointed and he's very disappointed himself," Allardyce told the club's official website.

"These things happen in football, unfortunately for Andy it is happening too often. He's managed to overcome the last injury and came back and did well. I think he was getting back to his best and then a different injury happened.

"We can only hope that sooner rather than later he can overcome these problems for good. He was scoring goals and playing well, it was difficult making choices between him, Diafra Sakho, Carlton Cole and Enner Valencia because they were all at the top of their game."

The Irons currently occupy eighth spot in the Premier League table.