West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that Andy Carroll is closing in on a return to first-team action.
Pellegrini says that Carroll could play in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Brentford during the international break.
West Ham are playing Brentford to keep the players who have no traveled with their country sharp for the upcoming Premier League run.
Speaking to West Ham’s website, Pellegrini said this:
Andy is close to playing again. At the start of last week he started working a little bit with the squad, not 100%, and he will work again this week.
On Thursday we will play a friendly game and we’ll see if he can play some minutes, and I think in the second week of the international break Jack Wilshere will also be able to work with the squad.
I prefer teams that start the game thinking to win it and not just to have a good result, no matter who you’re playing. That’s why I try to put creative and technical players in the starting XI and maybe in the beginning it’s not so easy to trust in what you’re doing, especially in teams that are not used to playing that way, but I think that we are improving a lot.
Carroll has not made a competitive appearance for West Ham since their clash with Manchester United back in May.
The striker scored three goals in 18 games last season, and has scored 33 in 128 since his move from Liverpool in 2012.
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