Inside the whirlwind career of Ravel Morrison as ‘too good’ former Man Utd ace with ‘Messi like skills’ joins 14th club

FROM Manchester to Middlesbrough, D.C. to Derby, Ravel Morrison has enjoyed rather the career.

The 31-year-old, erstwhile likened to eight-time Ballon d'Or victor Lionel Messi, precocious joined the 14th nine of his career - UAE 2nd part broadside Precision FC.

It marked the extremity of his 18-month spell arsenic a escaped agent, which began aft helium was cut from Wayne Rooney's D.C. United squad astatine the commencement of 2023.

Around 14 years ago, cipher would person guessed that Morrison's vocation way could instrumentality specified a turn.

Fresh retired of Manchester United's academy - alongside Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard - the midfielder was speedy to marque a sanction for himself.

Many predicted that helium would spell connected to go the adjacent large thing, with erstwhile prima Quinton Fortune adjacent suggesting helium was "the astir people talented" subordinate astatine Carrington.

In 2021, the ex-midfielder told FourFourTwo: "At a nine similar Manchester United, it's precise hard to accidental who the champion youngster was.

"Ronaldo was evidently unthinkable but Wayne Rooney was unbelievable erstwhile helium arrived too.

"But past you had different peculiar endowment who hasn’t progressed arsenic helium should person done: Ravel Morrison. He was decidedly the astir people talented subordinate I’ve ever seen, but helium didn’t marque that adjacent measurement similar Ronaldo and Rooney did. In presumption of talent, helium was up determination with them."

Former Man Utd acadamy manager Paul McGuinness besides had precocious hopes for Morrison erstwhile helium was a youngster.

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Earlier this year, helium revealed: "He was an astonishing player. And the champion mode to manager him was not to manager him.

"The champion mode was to make a crippled wherever his worldly would travel out. If you commencement telling him what to do, helium wasn't spell to beryllium having it, you know? So helium was an astonishing subordinate and I've had immoderate truly apical players truthful it means that, arsenic a coach, you larn from your players arsenic well.

"So, successful the consciousness that [fellow coach] Jim Ryan had a phrase. He said it's the 'arrogance of timing' and truthful immoderate coaches successful the presumption thought helium was being arrogant. But it was conscionable the mode helium played.

"It was similar Messi. He'd hold for you, hold for you to spell person and closer. Close to the fire, without getting burnt and get close, past he'd conscionable play it. And you'd beryllium similar 'oh, you'd amended walk it now' and helium wouldn't."

McGuinness went connected to add: "He was like, idiosyncratic bash thing due to the fact that helium was excessively good! And helium could bash those things with the archetypal squad and a batch of radical say: 'Oh yea but he’s thrown it each away, he’s wasting it' and truthful on.

"But, actually, if you cognize the afloat communicative from being younger, his inheritance and antithetic things, helium whitethorn really beryllium 1 of the champion performing. You know, helium mightiness really person done good contempt each the benignant of disadvantages helium had."

Morrison was constricted to conscionable 3 archetypal squad appearances for Man Utd aft making his elder debut against Wolves successful October 2010.

Deemed surplus to requirements, helium was sold to West Ham conscionable implicit 1 twelvemonth aboriginal for an undisclosed fee.

He made 24 appearances for the Hammers but was loaned retired connected 3 abstracted occasions - to Birmingham, QPR and Cardiff - during his three-year spell.

The midfielder went connected to play for Lazio, Atlas, Ostersund, Sheffield United, Middlesbrough, ADO Den Haag, Derby County and D.C. United.

But his vocation deed a debased erstwhile helium was axed from the MLS broadside by his erstwhile United team-mate, Rooney.

The ex-D.C. United brag said astatine the time: "I felt with players we were bringing successful and antithetic things you request to look astatine successful presumption of the budget, planetary slots, etc, it was much important I got antithetic players successful for antithetic positions, which we felt were much important to me."

Morrison was near without a nine for implicit 18 months arsenic a result.

He spent this summertime grooming with the Professional Footballers' Association successful a bid to regain fitness.

The PFA held an exclusive pre-season campy for eligible escaped agents to assistance them find a club.

Scouts were invited to grooming sessions and immoderate accumulation matches, with the likes of Dwight Gayle and Carl Jenkinson securing moves.

Although Morrison didn't unafraid an EFL move, helium volition present get to amusement disconnected his acquisition successful Dubai.

A connection from Precision FC read: "We are beyond excited to invited the unthinkable Ravel Morrison to Precision FC! 

"This is much than a signing – it’s a statement, a game-changer for some our nine and shot successful the UAE.

"Known for his electrifying endowment and skill, Ravel brings world-class acquisition and flair that volition assistance our squad to execute it’s goals.

"This is the commencement of thing extraordinary. Welcome to the family, Ravel!"