Ravel Morrison has reportedly gone AWOL at Lazio and fled to England to seek a return to English football, says Il Tiempo (h/t Sport Witness).
The former Manchester United attacking midfielder was released by West Ham in February 2015 after three indifferent years at the club and signed a four-year contract with Lazio in a bid to get his career back on track.
However, in the last 18 months, the ex-England U21 starlet has made just eight appearances for Lazio combining for just 159 minutes of action, with just four of those appearances coming in Serie A.
In the summer, Morrison was heavily linked with a return to English football with Aston Villa who decided against the move in the eleventh hour, but that hasn’t stopped Ravel pursuing a career back home.
Morrison packed his bags and left Italy to seek refuge back in England and hopefully a fresh start would present itself. He’s refusing to answer calls from Lazio, including from club owner Claudio Lotito who is still hopefully he can sell the attacking midfielder in the future but is severely lacking in takers.
The 23-year-old is still picking up his weekly wage which seems him earn in excess of €1m-a-year and does not want to return to Lazio and Italy.
While the majority of Morrison’s time at West Ham was spent out on loan with the likes of Birmingham, Cardiff and QPR, his best moments came whilst wearing the claret and blue where he flashed some genuine world-class potential.
There are subsets of the West Ham fan base that would like Ravel Morrison to return to the club after being forced out by Sam Allardyce, but I wouldn’t hold your breath.
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