Ravel Morrison continues to cause a stir as the veteran striker “embarrasses” his new team-mates in training.
The 31-year-old is moving to third division club Precision FC from the United Arab Emirates – the 14th different club he has represented in his career.
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Great things were expected of the Jamaican international and legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson once said he was the “best boy” he had ever seen.
But after three appearances in the Red Devils’ senior team, where he initially impressed at West Ham, he moved on before playing for various Championship teams.
He has also tested himself in Italy, Mexico, Sweden, the Netherlands and America and now wants to make his mark on a third continent and a seventh other country.
And according to teammate Joel Lynch, who he briefly played with at QPR during a loan spell in the 2016/17 season, he is already showing his superior ability.
Morrison is just the latest high-profile player to join the Dubai outfit, whose squad includes Bournemouth cult hero Harry Arter, former Aston Villa defender Matt Lowton and Northern Ireland international Jamie Ward.
Precision is captained by Lynch, who enjoyed a long playing career in England, where he played for Huddersfield, Nottingham Forest and Sunderland along with the Hoops.
He appeared on the Hawksbee and Baker show Tuesday afternoon alongside Chef Sonny Cobbs, where he raved about Morrison.
Lynch said: “I played with Ravel for a short time at Queen’s Park Rangers and obviously he brings great expectations with him.”
“He is an extraordinary talent, even in the few days he is here. He embarrassed the players with all his nutmegs and all his skills.”
“You don’t really want to get close to him on the pitch.
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“He’s also under pressure to be Ravel Morrision, the way people have talked about him in the past.”
“We want him here, it’s a great environment and he can come here and enjoy his football.”
Coach Cobbs explained how the move came about, saying it impressed him during training camps where he took advantage of the facilities to keep himself in top shape.
Cobbs noted: “We have set up a state-of-the-art training facility here in Dubai and many professional players have come here to train.”
“We have the best facilities in the region, so we have the likes of Luke Shaw, Ross Barkley and Ravel training here when he didn’t have a club. I think he left DC United.” [in 2023].
“In the end he just played on outside pitches, did individual training and played social football here.”
“He returned to the PFA program and then contacted me a few weeks ago as I have built a relationship with him every time I saw him on my playing fields.”
“I said, ‘Do I have a team here that you want to play with? We at Precision are doing the right thing and trying to get into the top pro league here.’
“And he was really interested, we chatted a few times and he just wanted to put his head down and play football.”
He added: “He wanted to get involved, so far he’s trained with us for a week and it’s honestly pretty amazing.”