Andy Carroll shares horrific post-op scars

West Ham United striker Andy Carroll has shared the severity of his injury woes after uploading a grisly post-op picture of his knee on Instagram.

The England international went under the knife after damaging medial ligaments in the 0-0 draw with Southampton last week, which is expected to sideline him for the rest of the season.

However, the 26-year-old was not reluctant to share the graphic nature of the surgery. He wrote: "That's knee modelling out the window!! Great job by Mr Andy Williams [the surgeon]".

That's knee modelling out the window!! Great job by Mr Andy Williams 👏👍

A photo posted by Andy Carroll (@andytcarroll) on Feb 18, 2015 at 3:18am PST

Carroll has netted just seven times in an injury-blighted 18-month spell with the Hammers thus far.