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Official: West Ham complete £1m signing of Ravel Morrison from Manchester United
The youngster has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Upton Park, with the 18-year-old admitting that he is hoping to help guide the Hammers back up to the Premier League
By Simon Sinclair
Despite the Red Devils turning down a bid from Newcastle United earlier in the transfer window, Morrison has been allowed to leave to join Sam Allardyce's side and the 18-year-old is eyeing promotion from the Championship as his primary goal.
He told the club's official website: "I'm really pleased to have signed.
"The move has happened very quickly and I'm looking forward to hopefully moving up to the Premier League with West Ham soon. I'm an attacking player and I'm hoping to get the fans on their feet.
"I met with Sam Allardyce this morning and he welcomed me to the club. I also played with Robert Hall in the England team and I know him well so that will be really helpful to have someone here that I know."
Morrison made his debut for United in the League Cup win over Wolves back in October 2010 as a 17-year-old and has gone on to make just two more appearances for the senior side, both in the same competition this season.Hosted by Joe Doyle
"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
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