I played for Chelsea under Jose Mourinho but former Manchester United starlet is best wonderkid I’ve ever seen
Carlton Cole played alongside and against some of the greats of his Premier League era, as part of Jose Mourinho’s all-conquering Chelsea team and his beloved West Ham.
But there was one player who sticks out for him as the most talented he ever witnessed, and it’s a name and story many of you will know.
Manchester United’s academy has produced a long list of world-class talents, including their famous ‘Class of ‘92’ which included David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville, as well Marcus Rashford and other modern age stars.
But none had the raw, prodigious skill of Ravel Morrison, whose career is an often-told tale of 'what could have been'.
Cole was part of a discussion on talkSPORT about the most exciting Under-23s players in the Premier League right now, when conversation turned to Evan Ferguson.
The young Irishman is one of the brightest young stars in the Premier League today.
He already has a record of 15 senior goals for Brighton at the tender age of 19 and became only the fourth player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick aged 18 or younger, joining Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler.
The teen striker has the world at his feet with a big move surely to come in the future, although for the time being he’s set to stay put at Brighton, and under the tutelage of top-class coach Roberto de Zerbi, having signed a new long-term deal with the Seagulls.
There are plenty of prying eyes from the Premier League big boys on the striker, and Morrison’s career serves as a warning to any up-and-coming ace about what can happen if you take your eye off the ball.
Morrison was tipped for a huge future in the game during his spell at Old Trafford under Sir Alex Ferguson, but while he had undisputed world-beating
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