Athletic: Carroll is currently undergoing medical examinations at West Brom and will sign with the club until the end of the season

According to The Athletic, Andy Carroll received a medical examination in West Brom on Friday morning local time and will sign a contract with the club until the end of the season.

The former Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham United striker became a free agent after Reading's short-term contract expired earlier this month. West Brom signed striker Darryl Decker from Orlando City on 1 January, but the 21-year-old suffered a hamstring injury, forcing manager Ismail to look for a candidate in the transfer market. was injured in the Jan. 22 match against St. Petersburg and is expected to miss for about two months.

It is understood the club has also considered Southampton striker Sean Long, but Hasson Hüttle will not let the Ireland international return to his old club on loan. Carroll made eight appearances for Reading this season, scoring two goals and contributing one assist, and before his contract expired, he was on The Starting 11-man roster for Bonović.

West Brom manager Ismail said on Friday: "He will play a role in the trident of the frontcourt, connection, experience, desire and leadership. He is very versatile. We want to give Deckard time, but in this case you never know what's going to happen. He has to come back at 100%, so the absence is likely to be longer than 8 weeks. We cannot waste any time. We felt carol could help us. We've been watching his performance in Reading, looking at that statistic, he plays 90 minutes in every game. He had this hunger pang. I can feel this directly as I speak. ”

West Brom are fifth in the Championship and seven points away from a direct promotion. On Wednesday, the club were struck by a dispute between Ismail and starting goalkeeper Johnstone, which led to Johnstone being excluded from the squad for the game against Preston, who will not make a appearance in Saturday's West Brom game against Millwall.

in Justin