'Humble maverick' Ravel Morrison opens up about short spell at Sheffield United | Praises Wilder, Fleck, McGoldrick and Lundstram

Morrison, once described by Sir Alex Ferguson as the most gifted young player he had ever seen when the two worked together at Manchester United, joined United in the summer of 2019 and signed a one-year deal at Bramall Lane, with the option of a further year.

But the forward made only four appearances for the Blades.

Morrison recently appeared on Rio Ferdinand's Vibe with Five podcast, with the former England defender asking Wilder for five words to describe Morrison.

Wilder replied with unpredictable, maverick, humble, natural and frustrating.

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Asked if that summed up his brief time at Bramall Lane, Morrison said: "Chris is a top manager, he's a manager all the players have respect for because he treats everyone the same.

"The only frustrating time with the time at Sheffield is that I wasn't get much game time because they were flying last year. They had great results and also had good players. Flecky [John Fleck] is unbelievable, they had him and Lunny [John Lundstram] in midfield, and David McGoldrick... they had a good team and they were all performing last year. As a team.

"So it was frustrating that I wasn't playing, because I would have liked to play in that team because I thought I could bring a lot to it.

"But with the results they were getting, you can't really complain."

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Morrison was last seen at Dutch club ADO Den Haag, but his contract in Holland was terminated earlier this year.

Asked why he felt he hasn't been able to put down roots at a club in his career, Morrison admitted: "I think it's because a lot of people already have a picture in their head of what I am like, so people don't want to commit and say: 'We'll bring him to the club for two or three years'.

"They think: 'We'll give him six months because he might be a problem' and then it takes three weeks to get into the team, to gel and everything, and you're losing fitness because you're not playing games."

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