LONDON — Andy Carroll, the Newcastle United striker, is Saturday set to be named in the England squad for next Wednesday's friendly against France at Wembley.
But is he really the sort of person who should be wearing an England shirt?
Carroll broke the jaw of teammate Steven Taylor after a training bust-up, he accepted a police caution for an assault on a woman, he pleaded guilty to common assault after a glass which "accidentally traveled through the air" (I kid you not), hit another man above an eye, and he is awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting an ex-girlfriend, for which he claimed self-defense.