Ravel Morrison's contract at West Ham has been terminated

West Ham have confirmed they have terminated the contract of midfielder Ravel Morrison.

The 22-year-old signed for the Hammers in February 2012 and has made 24 appearances since then, scoring five goals.

He has spent periods on loan at Birmingham City, QPR and Cardiff City during that time but his progress was stifled by a series of disciplinary problems.

Morrison signed a pre-contract agreement with Italian club Lazio last month and will begin a four-year deal in Rome in the summer.

He spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Birmingham before breaking into Allardyce's first team in the 2013-14 season.

Morrison made his Premier League debut in a goalless draw at Newcastle in August 2013 and scored his first goal for the club in a Capital One Cup victory over Cheltenham three days later.

His first Premier League goal followed in September 2013 in a narrow defeat against Everton and the following month he played a starring role in West Ham's 3-0 league victory at Tottenham, capping off a fine display with an exquisite
solo goal.

But Morrison has not figured in Allardyce's plans of late and his only two appearances for West Ham this season came in August and he was on the losing side on both occasions.

The England U21 midfielder was part of the Hammers side knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Sheffield United at Upton Park on January 26, and four days later he featured in the 3-1 Premier League defeat at home to Southampton.

He joined Cardiff in September on a three-month loan but his spell with the Bluebirds was largely unsuccessful and he returned to east London after playing seven times for the Sky Bet Championship side.

Morrison's West Ham contract had been due to expire in the summer and he was linked with a move to Serie A side Lazio during the winter transfer window.

In January, Morrison was cleared of all charges of assaulting his former girlfriend and her mother.

Morrison was accused of hitting his ex Reah Mansoor and her mother, Parveen Mansoor, after a night out at a nightclub in his home city of Manchester last July 24.

He was due to go on trial at Manchester Crown Court in January but the charges were dropped by the prosecution and Morrison was found not guilty.