Harry Redknapp tells talkSPORT Ravel Morrison will spend the next month at Birmingham as he backs former Manchester United starlet to revive career

Harry Redknapp has urged Ravel Morrison to seize his 'last chance' and earn a contract with Birmingham City.

The 24-year-old started a month-long trial with the Championship side on Monday.

Once regarded as one of England's brightest talents, Morrison has struggled to fulfil his promise and has spent the last two years as a largely unused squad member at Lazio.

Speaking exclusively to talkSPORT on Tuesday, Birmingham boss Redknapp said he hopes the former Manchester United starlet can get his career back on track at St Andrews.

"He's such a talent," said Redknapp, who previously managed Morrison at QPR. "His ability is up there with the best there is around.

"I said to him yesterday: 'Ravel, listen, there is only one mug in this country that will take a chance on you now and that is me'.

“I have taken him for a month on trial and said to him: 'come and show what you can do, earn yourself a contract, don't waste all that fantastic ability, and prove to people that you can produce and behave'.

"He is not a bad lad. He is not a nasty boy in any shape or form. He has been easily led by the wrong people, but he trained yesterday and some of the stuff he does is fantastic. I love watching him play."