I have posted about Ravel before, but by god what an absolute waste.
Allardyce when in charge at West Ham had some incredibly good signings, but for sheer ability alone, Ravel was definitely the best. The way he would glide with the ball was an absolute joy at times, his vision for a pass was up there with Alex Song for instance. He literally had it all.
His display away to Spurs when West Ham played with no recognised striker and won 3-0 will go down as his best game, purely because of this goal.
However personally speaking a couple weeks later we faced Fulham at home, we were 1 nil up, but the game was incredibly boring. Then Ravel came on, and made the last fifteen minutes some of the best football I have ever seen. He transformed the game and West Ham went onto win 3-0.
Two seasons back I watched him play for Lazio in a friendly away to Brighton, he scored and generally bossed the game. I don't think anyone thought he would bother his arse trying to learn Italian, and fell out of favour with the management.
Will this move to Mexico sort him out? Most probably not, he has had numerous chances before, I don't see why this one would change him.
A truly incredible football, an incredible shame he has wasted so many opportunities.