Posted on Friday, 10th February 2012 by Henry Lowe

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may have started a new chapter of his career at West Ham United but the teenage midfielder, whose career has been synonymous with off-field controversy, has landed himself in fresh bother after posting an alleged homophobic threat on Twitter.

The 19-year-old, who left Manchester United for Upton Park on the final day of the January transfer window, has been asked by the Football Association to explain himself after he was provoked on the social networking site to hit out in the strongest terms.

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His message will not win any punctuation prizes but it conveyed plenty of menace and has given him his place in the pantheon of players to have sparked Twitter storms.

Morrison feels like the highest-profile player never to have started a professional game. His precocious talent saw him compared at Old Trafford to a young Paul Scholes and every effort was made at United to maximise his potential but trouble has followed him.

There have been charges of witness intimidation and an altercation with his girlfriend and, when Sir Alex Ferguson lost patience with him, his sale was sanctioned.

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Ferguson’s old friend Sam Allardyce took the punt on him at West Ham, paying an initial £650,000 – the eventual fee could reach £2m – but if London’s bright lights felt dangerous, it has been cyberspace that has tripped Morrison up.

The FA has written to the player, via West Ham, to ascertain his version of events and he has until Monday evening to respond. “Ravel and the club will co-operate fully with the FA’s request,” West Ham said in a statement.

The FA recently wrote to clubs to offer pointers to their employees on how best to use Twitter and also to remind them of the pitfalls. Most players are aware that their comments will reach a bewilderingly wide audience and anything which oversteps the line will find its way to the governing body.

But this has not stopped some of them tweeting their way to FA charges. The FA cannot speculate on whether Morrison will face sanctions until it has considered his observations.

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