Loaned out Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has reportedly been involved in a bust-up at a Christmas Party.
It is claimed that Carroll assaulted a photographer outside a nightclub during a weekend's knees-up in Dublin which was organised by the West Ham squad.
Photographer Paddy Cummins - who works for The S*n newspaper - says the England international gouged his right eye and tried to bite him while attempting to grab his camera.
Cummins said: "He was like a wild animal. I felt this terrible pain in my eye as he gouged me.
"I was screaming, 'My eyes!' but he kept it up. The pain was incredible."
Carroll - who it was claimed had been 'downing pints of Guinness and Jagerbombs' with the rest of his West Ham team-mates - was later snapped in Burger King.
Police are said to be investigating the incident after Cummins made a formal complaint.
