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'You take two pairs of boots, you get £500 and buy your family a Chinese': Ravel Morrison admits to stealing and selling Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney's boots while at Man United just to put food on his family's table

Ravel Morrison has admitted that he used to steal and sell on Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney's boots just so he could put food on the table for his family as a youngster.

After graduating from Manchester United's academy, Morrison was tipped for greatness after he was given a ringing endorsement by Sir Alex Ferguson, who allegedly rated him as the best teenager he had ever seen.

And while he would eventually make his senior debut for the Red Devils, his time at the club wouldn't last long before being shipped off to West Ham, making just two more appearances for United.