Ravel Morrison continues to turn heads with the journeyman forward ’embarrassing’ his new teammates in training.
The 31-year-old has joined UAE third-tier side Precision FC – the 14th different club he’ll represent in his career.
Morrison has joined UAE minnows Precision on a free transferPrecision FC
Big things were expected of the Jamaica international, with legendary Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson once stating he was the ‘best kid’ he had ever seen.
But he was moved on after just three senior Red Devils appearances, where he initially impressed at West Ham, before playing for various Championship sides.
He also tested himself in Italy, Mexico, Sweden, the Netherlands and America, and is now looking to make his mark in a third continent and seventh different country.
And according to his teammate Joel Lynch, who he briefly played alongside at QPR during a loan spell in the 2016/17 season, he is already flexing his superior skills.
Morrison is just the latest high-profile player to make the move to join the Dubai outfit, who boast Bournemouth cult hero Harry Arter, ex-Aston Villa defender Matt Lowton and Northern Ireland international Jamie Ward in their squad.
Captaining Precision is Lynch, who enjoyed a lengthy playing career in England, where he featured for Huddersfield, Nottingham Forest and Sunderland along with the Hoops.
He appeared on the Hawksbee and Baker show on Tuesday afternoon alongside boss Sonny Cobbs where he waxed lyrical over Morrison.
Lynch said: “I played with Ravel for a short time at Queen’s Park Rangers and obviously he comes with so much expectation.
“He’s an exceptional talent, even in the couple of days he’s been here. He’s been embarrassing players with all his nutmegs and all his skills.
“You don’t really want to go anywhere near him on the pitch.
Morrison last featured for MLS outfit DC United, where he was managed by Wayne Rooney
Precision skipper Lynch (left) and boss Cobbs (right) have heaped praise on the player
“There’s pressure he’s under as well to be Ravel Morrision, the way that 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.”
Explaining how the move came about, boss Cobbs has stated he impressed him during training camps where he used their facilities to keep himself in tip-top shape.
Cobbs remarked: “We set up a state of the art training facility here in Dubai, and a lot of professional players have been coming out here to train.
“We have the best facilities in the region, so we had the likes of Luke Shaw, Ross Barkley and Ravel ending up training out here when he didn’t have a club, I think he left DC United [in 2023].
“He ended up just playing on out pitches, doing some individual training and he’s been playing social football here.
“He went back to the PFA programme and then he reached out to me a few weeks back as I’ve built a relationship with him every time I saw him on my pitches.
“I said, ‘Have I got a team here you want to play with? We’re doing the right thing at Precision trying to get ourselves up to the top Pro League here.’
“And he was really interested, we had a few chats, and he just wanted to get his head down and play football.”
He added: “He wanted to get involved, so far he’s been training with us for a week and it’s pretty amazing to be honest.”