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Is Ravel Morrison already on his way back to the English game?

Is Ravel Morrison already on his way back to the English game?

When it was officially announced that Ravel Morrison had opted to leave West Ham United midway through the 2014/15 campaign, few were left surprised when they first heard the seemingly inevitable news.

 

What came as a bit more of a shock for fans of the English game however, is that the former Manchester United youngster had eventually decided to join up with high flying Serie A outfit, SS Lazio, instead of remaining in England ahead of the new season. It was a move that certainly came out of left field – for it remains to be seen just how well the Italians will take to a player of Morrison’s reputation.

 

In another shock turn of events for the former Hammers man though, it seems recently relegated QPR have reportedly registered an interest in signing the 22-year-old this summer, despite his recent decision to pin his colours to the Lazio mast.

 

The England U21 international had previously spent time on loan at Loftus Road during the 2013/14 season – a campaign in which the attacking midfielder initially impressed at QPR, before being left with nothing more than a substitutes role during the tail end of the term.

 

So then, in the ever unpredictable world of modern day transfer speculation, will Ravel Morrison somehow be on his way back to the English game this summer, or is this particular story nothing more than loose talk and pure nonsense in the cold light of day?

 

The answer to such a notion most likely falls in line with the latter part of that question.

 

For everything that has gone wrong for Ravel since people first became aware of his presence in the Premier League – including his more than questionable off-field behaviour for Manchester United and West Ham, as well as ultimately failing to consistently do the business on the pitch during his time in England – the 22-year-old’s career on these here shores seems to have come to a reasonable halt.

 

Subsequent loan spells at Birmingham City, QPR and Cardiff City done little to re-establish the midfielder’s reputation in the English game, even when given the chance to shine in the Championship away from the intense media spot-light that usually comes with being in the Premier League.

 

It therefore seems only natural that Ravel Morrison would want to try his hand in a brand new scenario next season, with Lazio seemingly picking up where previous English clubs have failed. If the former Old Trafford youngster can finally start showing his much talked about talent on a week-to-week basis in Serie A, then Italian football will certainly be enhanced because of his addition.

 

The notoriously slow pace in Italy, as well as the distinct difference in overall quality when compared to the Premier League, should serve a player as technically gifted and creative as Morrison very well. His well taken goal in West Ham’s 3-0 destruction at White Hart Lane two seasons ago offers more than enough evidence of what the England U21 international is all about when playing on form.

 

Very rarely has this country produced a player as potentially special as the one on offer here – but as Morrison’s off-field behaviour has so far proved more talk worthy than his exploits out on the pitch – it must be said that the midfielder hasn’t yet done himself justice for a sustained period of time. Regardless of the poor managerial decisions that came his way under Sam Allardyce at Upton Park, the player himself must take the lion’s share of the responsibility for failing to fully establish himself on the modern stage.

 

That can all change at Lazio however. Away from the British media and everything else that has ‘distracted’ Morrison so far in the English game, Serie A should offer the perfect environment for the former QPR loanee to finally start developing his reliability on a regular basis. If the ex-West Ham and Manchester United man continues his ‘bad-boy’ image with his new employers though, it remains hard to imagine the Italians having much patience with the player in the end.

 

Regardless of what may go wrong for Ravel Morrison down the line, he has certainly made a brave call in deciding to join up with Lazio this summer – and rather than simply continuing on a somewhat stagnant path with QPR in the Championship – that is something that should see the player gain a bit more respect with all things considered.

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