Friday 19 December 2014 10:02, UK
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has hinted troubled midfielder Ravel Morrison’s future could be resolved in the January transfer window.
Morrison has returned to the Hammers early from an unsuccessful loan spell at Cardiff City and is training with the club’s U21s with Allardyce keen not to disrupt his fourth-placed squad.
Allardyce says Morrison is not a priority for him and hinted the player will be moved on in January.
“It hasn’t worked at Cardiff,” Allardyce said. “We have such a big squad this season that I felt it was better for him to try and get some football and see how it goes.
“It hasn’t worked there that well and he is back here with us now but that is before his loan expires at Cardiff so we’ll have to look at the situation over the new year.
“But my focus isn't on Ravel, it is on my first-team squad continuing the great run of form they are on at the moment."
Morrison made just seven appearances for the Sky Bet Championship side and they allowed him to terminate his loan spell on compassionate grounds.
A Cardiff statement read: “Due to personal circumstances, Cardiff City have allowed Ravel Morrison compassionate leave and permission to train in more familiar surroundings at this time with his parent club, West Ham United.”
Morrison was last month cleared of threatening to throw acid in the face of his ex-girlfriend and have her killed.
However, he will stand trial at Manchester Crown Court on January 26 on three remaining charges of assaulting Reah Mansoor, 19, and her mother, Parveen Mansoor, 39, in the early hours of July 24.
