ANDY CARROLL looked keen to show it was business as usual in training – just days after being caught up in a street brawl.
The ex-England striker and his French second-tier club Amiens shared pictures of the smiling 35-year-old giving the thumbs-up in practice gear.
It follows the former Newcastle and Liverpool hero being involved in a 1am flare-up in a posh London street.
Carroll‘s shirt appeared to be torn in an exchange that shocked bystanders.
The ex-West Ham targetman is said to have been embroiled in a scrap with a man who then fled.
In contrast, the Tynesider seemed relaxed and happy in the positive pics posted by Amiens in the north of France.
Carrying shoes in one snap, Carroll grinned widely as he gazed directly into the camera and walked outside to training.
And in another shot, taken inside, he had his arms round two team-mates.
It’s a dramatic change in tone from the events portrayed by onlookers in England’s capital a few nights earlier.
Carroll and wife Billi Mucklow had been eating at Sexy Fish in London’s Mayfair.
As a flare-up broke out, restaurant security staff helped attempts to calm the 6ft 4ins forward.
One person nearby said: “Andy was fighting a random geezer on the floor.
“As others tried to hold him back, Carroll stared at other strangers, asking, ‘You f***ing want some?’”
He was seen in footage looking unsteady on his feet and pushing onlookers who tried to intervene.
Carroll, dressed all in white, was described as gesturing frantically and searching for the man he had allegedly come to blows with.
A witness said the footballer “had a row with a guy” as he was set to leave the restaurant.
The person added: “It spilled on to the street and to everyone’s amazement he was rolling on the road with this guy.
“It all happened very quickly. The guy disappeared as security ran over to intervene. Andy had his smart white shirt ripped.
“People tried to calm him down but he had unfinished business and could be heard shouting ‘Where is he?’”
Carroll and Billi were contacted for comment over the incident.
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