Former Man Utd prodigy Ravel Morrison was a country mile better than Pogba - Rooney

Morrison was signed by the Red Devils in 2009 and made his first-team debut one year later at the age of 17.

Unable to secure regular football, Morrison moved to West Ham in 2012 before joining Serie A side Lazio three years later. The former England youth international struggled to cement himself at either club however, frequently sent out on loan and even ended up playing for Swedish side Ostersunds in 2019.

Currently contracted to Premier League side Sheffield United but on loan at Middlesbrough, Morrison, now 27, has struggled to live up to his early hype with Rooney suggesting he had skills that could have made him a superstar.

"I remember watching Ravel Morrison thinking he had everything required for a player in his position," Rooney wrote in his Sunday Times column.

"He nutmegged Nemanja Vidic three times in the space of a minute in one training game.

"But he struggled with lifestyle and his environment which was sad for him — because I saw Paul Pogba come through, Jesse Lingard, all these players and Ravel was better than any of them by a country mile.