Andy Carroll

[destinydude]

What was his job exactly? Cnut.

[Vermilion]

haha. white suit and white loafers. No wonder i didn't notice AC in the above images till now.

I wondered what the relevance of the image was tbh.

[Daniel 7]

PREMIER LEAGUE footballer Andy Carroll has been accused of eye-gouging a photographer during a night out in Dublin.

The most expensive British footballer ever – thanks to his £35m move to Liverpool from Newcastle – is now being investigated by gardai following an alleged assault on freelance photographer.

Mr Cummins said Carroll (23) gouged his eye with his right hand as he lay on the street.Carroll – currently on loan at West Ham – was in Dublin with team-mates on Sunday night.

He was pictured at various locations wearing a white suit and white loafers.

The incident occurred at 2.30am on Grafton Street.

Mr Cummins said he received treatment at Dublin’s Eye & Ear hospital and is now on a course of antibiotics.

He has a scratch on his eyeball and a burst blood vessel.

He was working on Grafton Street in the early hours of Monday morning when he saw Carroll enter a fast food outlet.

“A West Ham security guard came over to me and asked me not to take photographs.

“I told him I was just doing my job, but when I moved, he blocked my view,” Mr Cummins said.

The security guard asked him to wait until the footballer was in a rickshaw, parked outside Burger King on Grafton Street, before taking any images.

Mr Cummins changed his lens when Carroll got into the rickshaw.

“Once I started taking shots, he got out of rickshaw and just went at me.

“I remember him saying, ‘Get the camera’. I went backwards and I was over on the far side of the street. There was at least one security guard between me and him at that point.

“Next thing I was on my back on the ground next to Burger King and he was still grabbing for my camera.

“I could feel his hand coming across my face, and his fingers digging into my eye. I started screaming, ‘My eyes, my eyes’.”

At this stage the footballer left the scene and a West Ham security guard remained.

“I could hear security men saying ‘Get him out, get him out’, and one of security guys stood over me.

“Somebody asked him what happened, and he said I dived to the ground. But I told him there was CCTV all over the place and it will show that I didn’t dive.”

A West Ham spokesman denied that Carroll had been involved in a physical confrontation with a photographer.

“Andy Carroll was in Dublin as part of a social trip,” the club said.

“Andy agreed to have a number of pictures taken. Despite this, the photographer then carried on taking photos and was politely asked to stop by the private security team.

“When he then continued taking more photos he was restrained by the security team for Andy's safety.”

Gardai have confirmed that the footballer is under investigation following the alleged incident.

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That Cummins fella is never out of the paper.

[dom9]

It's all gone a bit quiet with Carroll. Is he injured?

[saj]

It's all gone a bit quiet with Carroll. Is he injured?

Either injured or **** - no difference really.

[Cormack74]

Resumed training a couple of weeks ago IIRC so must be fairly close to coming back.

[Gibbo]

I forget he even plays for us!

[Resu]

I forget he even plays for us!

Well ,he doesn`t. We just pay him.

[Lee]

We're going to get **** all back for him aren't we.

£8-10m at best.

Probably nearer £8m ffs.

[Leyton388]

£35m down the pan. Imagine what we could do with that money now! TBH I'd be happy if we got £12m for him as its better than nothing.

[Leyton388]

We're going to get **** all back for him aren't we.

£8-10m at best.

Probably nearer £8m ffs.

Lets hope Tesco put a bid in. Now horse is off the menu maybe they could try Donkey?

[Chazza]

He needs to get fit and back playing and bang in a few before the end of the season.

West Ham won't go down so they will have the option to buy him and if he is scoring fat Sam will be all over it.

I imagine Newcastle will go for him again if they don't go down.

[Lee]

Yeah injuries have done him this season mate.

Again.

Nobody is going to pay for an injury-prone striker who doesn't score goals.

[Leyton388]

It's a shame as he looked a beast at Newcastle and when we signed him i thought he would be great. He was worth £15m max at the time but we got bent over on the price. Such a shame it never happened for him here.

[Lee]

It's a shame as he looked a beast at Newcastle and when we signed him i thought he would be great. He was worth £15m max at the time but we got bent over on the price. Such a shame it never happened for him here.