Former West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has spoken candidly about Ravel Morrison time as a Hammer:“But we got to Christmas Day and we were all sat on the coach ready to travel to the hotel for our Boxing Day game and Ravel had posted a picture of him and his family in Manchester enjoying Christmas dinner on social media.
“That was probably the end of it at that point. He just couldn’t understand that he had to keep playing through Christmas, so he wanted to go home and have Christmas dinner with his family.
“I don’t think it’s his fault really, because deep down there are so many psychological problems that need to be sorted and that talent will never come to fruition if those things aren’t properly addressed.”
Ravel joined West Ham in January 2012 after Sir Alex Ferguson grew weary of attitude. Morrison made just 12 league starts for West Ham and 6 sub appearances scoring 3 goals. he made 5 Cup starts and one sub scoring another two goals. He made 25 starts for Birmingham while on loan from West Ham, 14 for QPR and just 1 for Cardiff.
He cost West Ham an initial £650,000 transfer fee from Manchester United but that climbed to £1m after £25,000 per first appearance clause was fulfilled. He signed a three and a half year contract on the 31st January 2012 earning him £2.7m in wages some of which was offset by loaning him out.
He later joined Lazio on a free transfer where he failed to make an impact, he returned to England signing for Sheffield United and has since been loaned out to Middlesborough.
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