Ravel Morrison has admitted that he used to steal and sell on Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney's boots just so he could put food on the table for his family as a youngster.
After graduating from Manchester United's academy, Morrison was tipped for greatness after he was given a ringing endorsement by Sir Alex Ferguson, who allegedly rated him as the best teenager he had ever seen.
And while he would eventually make his senior debut for the Red Devils, his time at the club wouldn't last long before being shipped off to West Ham, making just two more appearances for United.
While his talent on the pitch was unrivalled, issues off the pitch stopped him from progressing with his boyhood club and now the 28-year-old has opened up on what really went wrong for him while talking with Ferdinand on his podcast.
Morrison recalled taking Ferdinand's boots to sell them on just so he could put food on the table, which left the iconic defender to understand his actions after all these years.
And while the pair looked back and laughed at the incident, Morrison revealed his actions were for a good cause.
In a conversation on the FIVE YouTube channel, Morrison said to Ferdinand: ‘Remember I got kicked out of the changing room for thieving your boots?’
Ferdinand responded: ‘Tell me if I’m wrong but you were taking our boots down to Goals to show your mates….’
Morrison then said: ‘Obviously I was on scholar’s wage, I was young.
‘You used to get like £250 for a pair of boots. You take two pairs of boots, you get £500 and go home and buy your family a Chinese or something.
‘You guys used to get like 30 pairs of boots. I didn’t mean it to cause harm but when I saw yours or [Wayne] Rooney’s deliveries, you’d get 20-30 pairs at a time, I was thinking one pair to put some food on the table at home, it wouldn’t be a big problem.’
Speaking in November, Rooney insisted Morrison should have reached the ‘top level’ while revealing how they tried to help him stay focused both on and off the pitch.
'With the younger players it's been well documented about Ravel Morrison,' Rooney explains.
'He was brilliant in training and then he had a few issues and it halted his career.
'We all thought he was going to be top-level. Everyone could see those issues were going to be there. I spoke to him. Gary Neville was trying to get him to live with him. There were different things people tried.'
pumbdmpr
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Good to confess for forgiveness.
mjemathias13
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*steal
thanks teacher for correcting
mjemathias13
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How poor was Man Utd, such that one of it's players would still for a Living
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thanks teacher
kingunited68
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How poor was Man Utd, such that one of it's players would still for a Living
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*steal
lacabdilnp
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This guy was literally a young thug stealing boots who does that🤭
Howbiknpuz
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Did u watch the interview??.. smh🤦🏽♂️...don’t assume what u don’t know
How much of that £250 went towards feeding his family? He was offered help and refused it.
Bayamsuz
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Not a serious lad. He could have approached his senior players and would have helped him.
sabdeikpr
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Just do e right thing now focus pon yuh career ahead a yuh it's still a long way 💯 make jamaica proud 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲yuh have the potential inna you
Y u bring up Jamaica inna dis
mjemathias13
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How poor was Man Utd, such that one of it's players would still for a Living
DineSalim
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He could just ask mate to help with some money but not to take their boots without asking. That was a privilege for him to share a dressing room with guys like Rooney and Ferdinand.
Howbiknpuz
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That's BS; this guy just wanted the street lifestyle...
Giftxix
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It’s just sad really as ppl the things we endure to get where we’ve really overcome. It’s easy to look at CR7 and say he’s the best life ever but if he narrated his background we’d really know that ‘fortune favors the Brave’
synonym93
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shut up mate. where are you from? spain? i can say you live of drugs or something?
ronaclprsz
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He lost focus and stopped believing in his own carrier
tamcdkmst
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if it was Africa player they would have racially abuse him .but we understand times are hard it's better to beck than steal my brother
Stop being a racist
donemerald123
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So touching. Do that here in 9ja,and get a life jail.
Keinobrown
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Morrison is a thug. there is no excuses for stealing.
Did u watch the interview??.. smh🤦🏽♂️...don’t assume what u don’t know
hecdnouyz
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if it was Africa player they would have racially abuse him .but we understand times are hard it's better to beck than steal my brother
rehaekorty
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Morrison is a thug. there is no excuses for stealing.
Miscdlnprt
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even Messi,cr7 where the same but they stayed focused n became stars today let's blem him cause even people help him but did not want to be a star
Miscdlnprt
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he distroyed his career by not being serious he thought just the hype was enough n stopped working hard eg Messi was hyped at a young but never settled there he worked hard to continue nevertheless am so touched by what you did to help your family but you should have worked hard boy
Kaycisty
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such a nice story .
yassin008
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high expectations from people destroyed his career
true_RED
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Just do e right thing now focus pon yuh career ahead a yuh it's still a long way 💯 make jamaica proud 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲yuh have the potential inna you
Do you even know who Ravel Morrison is??? [Crylaugh]. His career has been dead for years bruh! Hanging on by a thread with what he’s still got 🪡
Emchi
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Most people that few good ones want to help don't want to help themselves. Oh, Lord of mercy, give me the spirit of humility. Amen.
Spartangxd
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Just do e right thing now focus pon yuh career ahead a yuh it's still a long way 💯 make jamaica proud 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲yuh have the potential inna you
CHOPLAWD
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only if we could have back those players