West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce has said that Andy Carroll is "very miserable" following his most recent injury blow.

The 25-year-old suffered ligament damage in his ankle on the club's tour of New Zealand and has been ruled out until December.

Carroll missed a large portion of the last season with a heel injury and his manager has admitted that he is devastated to be back on the sidelines again.

"He is pretty miserable," Allardyce told reporters. "He is not very happy with life at the moment because it is a massive blow to him again.

"We just have to pick his spirits up. Hopefully when the boot comes off and the specialist gives him the okay to start working again he will feel a lot happier with himself. But he is certainly very upset and very miserable at this moment in time."

Carroll scored twice in 15 appearances for West Ham in the Premier League last season.