On July 9 Ravel Morrison tweeted: 'One day I will write a book about my whole life, use [sic] will never understand it until it's told'.
You would imagine it will be worth waiting for. With a few notable exceptions (Peter Crouch, Tony Cascarino), footballer's autobiographies tend to be dull affairs. Morrison's would be anything but.
The man Sir Alex Ferguson branded as the finest to emerge from Manchester United's lauded academy turned 25 in February. Already, there has been enough drama to fill hundreds of pages. As for a title? Crossroads may not be a bad one because, once again, the freakishly talented kid from Wythenshawe stands at another one.
Lazio appear to have become the latest employer to give up on Morrison. Word is that, while he has a year remaining on his contract, the Romans are happy to see him leave for nothing. Despite what would appear to have been a successful loan spell in Mexico, with the aptly-named Atlas, globetrotting Morrison is set to go on the road again.
What next? It is a question he is used to.
A product of the famous Fletcher Moss Rangers conveyor belt, United beat City to sign Morrison, a cocky, outrageously skilful youngster whose talents had made him the talk of youth scouts in both Manchester and Merseyside. The party piece - tapping stricken opponents on the head as he glided past them - added to the aura.
As Rio Ferdinand revealed the other week, Ferguson pulled him and Wayne Rooney to one side to show off his latest jewel.
'Look at this kid,' Ferdinand recalled his old manager as saying, 'he's better than you Rooney when you were a kid, he's better than you Rio, better than Ryan Giggs when you were kids. This is the best kid you will ever see'.'
Ferdinand also considered Morrison the finest young talent he had seen at United, and that includes Paul Pogba. The pair were coached by Warren Joyce to win the 2011 Youth Cup, but it was Morrison who was the star of the show. Pogba is said to have idolised him.
Ferguson's exultation would eventually turn to exasperation. Suspicions that Morrison's choices were maybe not what they should have been, and that he was mixing with the wrong crowd, lingered.
They were confirmed in a Manchester courtroom. It was February 2011 – four months after his United debut in a Carling Cup win over Wolves when Morrison narrowly avoided prison, being slapped with a 12-month referral order after admitting two counts of witness intimidation.
The punishment related to threats made to a mugging victim, in an effort to stop him giving evidence against two people, described in court as 'friends or associates' of Morrison, who were accused of carrying out the attack. During one call to the victim, the court heard, Morrison told him 'You don't know me anymore, you don't know what I'm capable of.' A district judge described his behaviour as 'appalling'. You would imagine her summings up had nothing on the response from Ferguson.
In May, however, 48 hours after scoring a brace for United in the FA Youth Cup Final, Morrison was back before the beak. This time a further charge of assault was dropped when Morrison's girlfriend refused to testify. He was convicted of criminal damage for throwing her mobile phone from a window and advised to undergo domestic violence counselling.
Within a year, after making just two further appearances for his beloved United – both in the Carling Cup – Morrison was off to West Ham United for just £650,000 and £15,000-a-week.
Then came the first incident which suggested all may not be as it seems with a much-maligned, easy to criticise talent. That summer, Sportsmail revealed that Morrison was sent home from West Ham's tour of Germany complaining of severe toothache. Unimpressed club officials were preparing to fine Morrison – who refused to drink anything other than West Ham's bottled water while out there – until it emerged he had to have up to seven teeth removed. Implants, he was told, would cost £28,000.
A loan spell at Birmingham City followed, along with three goals in 30 appearances. And it appeared as though the experience had stood him in good stead upon his return to Upton Park.
In 2013, he scored THAT goal against a stunned Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, picking the ball up in his own half before racing straight down the middle and dinking over the keeper. Watching the clip on YouTube what stands out is that there is no surprise or shock on his face as he celebrates. Barely a smile.
It was clearly something he expected to do. It was not lift-off. Morrison ended the season on loan at Queens Park Rangers and, after just two matches for the Hammers the following year, was off again, this time to Cardiff City, where he spent his spare time learning French.
After his return from what could best be described as an 'unsuccessful' loan spell in south Wales, West Ham manager Sam Allardyce left few in much doubt over the situation saying Morrison, now banned from the training ground and available on a free, may 'struggle' to find a new club.
'It's the old metaphor isn't it; you can lead the horse to water but you can't make it drink,' he said. 'If they don't want to take it on board, then there's little they can do. It's very difficult to sit and watch such a great talent. He just has to change his whole life and then hopefully somewhere down the line he'll become the player he should be.'
In January 2015, Morrison was back in court, where three charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her mother were withdrawn. It appeared as though Strangeways, where he had been taken after his original arrest, was back on the cards.
However, CCTV taken from outside a Manchester nightclub showed Morrison had not hit his ex-girlfriend, as was alleged, and it appeared that she had simply 'slumped' to the floor. It illustrated again that, with Morrison, all is not always as it seems.
There is also the easy stereotype about a rough upbringing. This is not the case. While Morrison's childhood was not always easy his mother is said to have strong morals and is a central figure in his life.
The next step was Italy. One accusation that cannot be levelled at Morrison is his willingness to travel. Just seven appearances in sky blue followed, the last of which coming in December 2015.
A brief return to Loftus Road saw no goals in five appearances (four off the bench) before an unlikely move to Mexico's Atlas.
Despite upheaval – Morrison played under three coaches in six months, he made 20 appearances and back-to-back goals in January saw admittedly longshot rumours of an England recall. When that did not happen he met the Jamaican federation in March to discuss representing the Reggae Boyz.
Which brings us to now. Atlas are thought to be keen on keeping him. Elsewhere, Portugal's Vitoria are interested. What happens next is anyone's guess.
Wherever he goes, it is hard to imagine that there will not be further chapters provided for that book. Few would begrudge a happy ending.