Ravel Morrison to Cardiff: Latest Loan Details, Analysis and Reaction
West Ham United's Ravel Morrison has completed a three-month loan deal to Championship club Cardiff City, as reported by the Football League's official website.
The 21-year-old confirmed the news on Twitter:
"happy to get a 3 month loan @CardiffCityFC time to start playing some football again ⚽️
— ra'vel (@morrisonravel) September 23, 2014"
According to the report from the Football League, he added a tweet regarding his current club that was later deleted: "I got no ratings off people in the club not the club it's self (sic) just people in it."
Once regarded as one of the most talented players to emerge from Manchester United's youth academy, he failed to make an impact at Old Trafford and left for West Ham in 2012.
Loan spells with Birmingham City and Queens Park Rangers gave him more consistent playing time, but upon his return to the Hammers, he once again found his path to the starting XI blocked.
Morrison's talent has been overshadowed by a series of personal incidents in recent years, as detailed by the report from the Football League, but according to former Manchester United assistant Mike Phelan, his potential makes the move worth the risk, per BBC Wales' Dafydd Pritchard:
The Bluebirds are still without a manager following the departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and find themselves well outside of the play-off spots in the Championship standings.
Morrison will have to prove his match fitness, but if he can replicate the form he displayed at QPR, he will be a solid short-term addition for Cardiff City.
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