Wayne Rooney has handed his former Man Utd teammate Ravel Morrison a trial at Derby County (Picture: Getty)Wayne Rooney revealed he has been blown away by Ravel Morrison’s performances in training for Derby County following the decision to hand his former Manchester United teammate a trial at Pride Park. Rooney is the latest manager to hand Morrison the opportunity to salvage his career with the talented midfielder afforded a start at Pride Park on Sunday with Derby playing host to his old club. Ravel Morrison took the opportunity to catch-up with his former Man Utd teammate Jesse Lingard (Picture: Getty)The Rams are currently unable to sign players with a transfer embargo in place, but Rooney is hopeful of a swift resolution that would allow him to secure the services of Morrison on a longer-term basis. Speaking ahead of kick-off, Rooney told MUTV: ‘He has, he’s been with us the last week Ravel and it’s the same… some of the things he’s doing is incredible so that’s on me to manage him right. ‘Last time I saw him play football was for Östersund when I was at Molde.

Source: Metro July 18, 2021 12:11 UTC