West Ham United boss Slaven Bilic has insisted that Andy Carroll has the quality to represent England in at Euro 2016, following the striker’s performance in the 2-0 win over Liverpool this weekend.
Carroll, whose progress at Upton Park has been hampered by injuries, scored the second goal against his former club as the Hammers completed a memorable double over the Reds this season; the London outfit won the corresponding fixture 3-0 at Anfield in August.
It was Carroll’s third Premier League goal of the season, and Bilic was extremely pleased with the 26-year-old’s overall performance against the Merseyside giants.
And the manager, who insisted that Carroll needs to steer clear of injuries to become a star at West Ham, backed the forward to break into England’s Euro 2016 squad if he manages to put in similar impressive displays over a series of games.
“Everything Andy did was good, defending, holding the ball up, I think every ball Adrian put up he got, and we put up quite a few”, Bilic told the club’s official site.
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“Now he is fit, it is all about him. He needs to train hard every day and work hard to improve. Then, and only then, will he become a great asset for us, it is up to him.
“He has all the quality to be in the England squad in the Euros, of course. I don’t want to talk about the national side too much.
“Does he have the quality? Of course, he just needs to perform like this over a series of games.”
Carroll, who has nine caps and two goals for England to his name, last represented the Three Lions in a World Cup qualifier against San Marino in December 2012.
