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Former Manchester United coach Warren Joyce believes he can land a player who was more talented than Paul Pogba in Ravel Morrison.

The Wigan manager has confirmed former Reds' prospect Morrison is training with the Championship club.

And he believes the troubled 23-year-old is worth taking a chance on because of his prodigious skills.

Morrison played alongside Pogba and Jesse Lingard under Joyce in the Reds' youth teams and the recently appointed Latics boss said: “There were players like Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and the Keanes coming through at that time, and he was possibly the star player ability-wise, so it’s one that’s worth looking at for us so we can assess where he is at this stage of his career. “

Morrison, currently contracted to Lazio, is training with Wigan to build his fitness and potentially secure a move to the DW Stadium.

Joyce, talking to the Latics website, added: “Ravel’s obviously not played a lot of football recently.

"I know how much of a talent he is from my days at Manchester United. It’s a unique opportunity for us really because we’ve got a chance to look at him and assess his fitness.

“We know he has talent but it’s all about how quick we can get him up to the levels we need him to be at here."

United sold Morrison to West Ham in January 2012 after Sir Alex Ferguson grew exasperated by attitude and discipline issues.

In his book Leading Ferguson said: "He possessed as much natural talent as any youngster we ever signed, but kept getting into trouble."

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