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Summary Andy Carroll has withdrawn from England's World Cup qualifiers due to hamstring injury.
Carroll was supposed to join World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine next week.The 23-year-old striker, who joined West Ham in a loan deal from Liverpool on Friday, made an impressive debut as the Hammers beat Fulham 3-0.Carroll limped out of the action on 68 minutes at Upton Park.The Football Association will wait until after Sundays games before deciding on how to replace Carroll. Following his sides win, West Ham boss Sam Allardyce said it was unlikely Carroll would be fit.Hell probably be on the treatment bench for a while, said Allardyce. He over-extended himself. We wont know the extent of the injury until the scan and we see how serious it is.Englands road to Brazil 2014 begins with a qualifier at the Zimbru Stadium in Moldova on Friday 7 September and Roy Hodgsons side are back in action at Wembley against Ukraine on 11 September.Allardyce added: We were ready to bring him off and unfortunately on that last jump he got hit by Brede Hangeland and that twisted his body and pulled his hamstring by the looks of it.Carroll has joined West Ham on a season-long loan from Liverpool and played a key part in two of his new sides goals against the Cottagers.
