Ravel Morrison told he has West Ham future

West Ham have told Ravel Morrison that he has a future at Upton Park despite being loaned to London rivals QPR until the end of the season.

The midfielder has struggled to force his way into manager Sam Allardyce's plans in the second half of the Premier League campaign and had been told that he was free to leave the club on loan to Harry Redknapp's Queens Park Rangers.

"I'm not answering questions about Ravel Morrison because he is not with us any more," Allardyce said.

"We've done a deal with QPR and we are playing football against Southampton on Saturday, my focus is the squad of players I've got here.

"The fact of the matter is Ravel wanted to play some first-team football and he wasn't getting as much here as he wanted so we've let him go out on loan.

"Our consistent performances and recent acquisitions have given us a bigger squad and Ravel has found it a bit more difficult to get in."