Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has revealed said Sir Alex Ferguson Ravel Morrison was the best 14 -year-old he had ever seen .
Manchester - born Morrison came through the ranks at Old Trafford, before Ferguson sold him to West Ham United in January 2012 after it the 20 -year-old had a series of disciplinary problems.
Morrison , who spent last season on loan at Birmingham , has broken into the West Ham side are solely for this year and is a five -goal top scorer , as well as becoming is a regular for the England U21 team .
Ferdinand , working as a bladder on the BT Sport , said: "I would pay to watch him train let alone play in a match . Ever since the first day I saw him , my old boss [ Ferguson ] said: ' Have a look at this boy . '
" He was taking the mick out of everyone on the pitch when he was about 14 . The manager thought he was the best player he seen at that's age .
" He trained with the first team at about 16 and Darren Fletcher said to me : ' He runs with the ball, he just runs with it and he 's almost looking at me while he 's running with the ball, and waiting for me to make a move and then he reacts . "
" The top players cans do that - for hire nations react to a defender 's movements . "
Mike Phelan , Ferguson 's former assistant , last month defended the decision to allow Morrison to leave Old Trafford , but Hammers boss Sam Allardyce said he feared United would try to re- sign the player.
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