QPR's Harry Redknapp hints at move for West Ham's Ravel Morrison
The Queens Park Rangers manager, Harry Redknapp, has indicated that he is ready to give Ravel Morrison a "last chance" to make a success of his career.
The West Ham midfielder has seen a promising start at Upton Park fade into the possibility of his contract being torn up after his latest loan move, to Cardiff, failed to ignite his potential.
Morrison's behaviour off the pitch led to Sir Alex Ferguson selling him at Manchester United despite his undoubted talent and, since being signed by Sam Allardyce at West Ham, he has found himself loaned to Birmingham, QPR and Cardiff.
Morrison's spell at Cardiff was cut short this week. He enjoyed a run in the West Ham team last season but ended up as part of Redknapp's Championship play-off-wining side at QPR.
"I liked him," Redknapp said when asked about the prospect of signing Morrison. "I think I might be his last chance. He has got to sort himself out. Fergie ended up getting rid of him, Sam got rid of him and they are top, top managers.
"He has obviously got to look at himself somewhere but I'm open to taking those chances with people. I have done it over the years and so maybe I will do it.
"He is an amazing talent, I have got to be truthful. He glides over the pitch and has the ability to beat people but he doesn't put it all together. There is something missing, isn't there? There is a screw loose somewhere. He isn't that bad a lad and has had a hard life."
Redknapp said he would be restricted to loan signings in the January transfer window. "I had not thought about him [Morrison] but someone mentioned him," he said. "It's a gamble but, if you are in the loan business, you are in the gambling business, aren't you really?"
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