Jesse Lingard: Ravel Morrison was a better player than Paul Pogba

Lingard admits that Pogba excelled at the same level, telling The Sunday Times: "Even at 18 nobody could tackle him and he scored goals and produced skills you shouldn't be able to at that age.

"In the Youth Cup every one of his performances was above 8/10, you knew he'd be a top player."

However, it was Morrison who he thought was the most talented.

"I played with [Morrison] from eight, nine. He was that raw natural talent, the player who could do anything. If he wanted to score he'd just score," he continued.

The three players have since gone on different paths following their time at Manchester United's youth teams. Lingard broke into the first team last season, after loan spells with Birmingham City, Brighton and Derby, and is one of Pogba's closest friends at United.

The two stayed in touch when Pogba left United to join Juventus to find first team action, though he eventually returned to Old Trafford this summer in a transfer worth £89 million.

Morrison also left United, was sold to West Ham, and had loan spells at Birmingham City, QPR and Cardiff City, before joining Lazio. He has recently returned to QPR for another loan spell.