Slaven Bilic thinks Andy Carroll is a "really brave man" after the West Ham striker's gunpoint ordeal.
Carroll was targeted by armed motorcyclists who confronted him at a junction and attempted to rob him as he drove home from training on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old sped off and was pursued through the streets as he returned to West Ham's Rush Green headquarters to seek the help of security staff.
Hammers manager Bilic revealed the rest of the squad were shocked at the news, but said Carroll was in good spirits despite the drama.
"He was brave because they asked for his watch with a gun, and he put the pedal down and he didn't want to give him the watch," said Bilic.
"So for me it's not about the watch, but for me that's very brave.
"He got chased for 15 or 20 minutes, it wasn't like 10 seconds, so it was probably planned.
"I know that he was very brave to do what he did. He came back to the training ground and it stopped. But he's good, he's okay, he's not in shock and he acted as a really brave man.
"We're all asking him the questions about it and he's smiling, he's not in a state of shock. Of course he's in a good environment now he knows its not going to happen now.
"When we heard it yesterday of course we were all shocked. Sometimes you hear about that happening in a foreign country, but it's happening far away, but not England so we were all like 'here in London how is that possible'. Unfortunately it is a problem."
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Source: PA-WIRE
