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West Ham striker Andy Carroll is set to start doing some work on the training pitch this week after suffering a recurrence of his ankle injury in pre-season.

With the injury keeping him out of action for nearly three months last season, the frontman suffered yet another setback on the club's pre-season tour of Switzerland in July.

Expected to be out for four months, Carroll could potentially return to action sooner rather than later if all goes to plan.

The club were also handed a blow in Switzerland with Winston Reid also suffering a recurrence of the knee injury that he picked up in the 4-1 defeat against Swansea back in March.

Although Carroll is set to return to the training pitch later this week, it will be a little while down the line before the New Zealander is back on the grass with his teammates at Rush Green.

"Andy Carroll is progressing really nicely and he’s going to start doing some work on the pitches this week, so he’s making really good progress," head of medical Richard Collinge told the club's official website .

"Winston Reid is in a knee brace and he’s eight weeks down the line from his surgery and making good progress.

"He’s going to be a little bit longer, but he’s also making good progress.

Collinge also issued an update on Nottingham Forest loanee Sam Byram after he limped off injured after 39 minutes in their Carabao Cup victory over Newcastle United.

"Sam Byram had surgery this week after his incident while on loan at Nottingham Forest which went to the surgeon’s liking and, other than that, we’ll always carry a few knocks and niggles," he added.

"We’ll make sure we put them out in the best physical condition for the kick-off this Sunday at Everton."

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