West Ham footballer Ravel Morrison has been accused of assaulting two women during a night out in Manchester.
The midfielder, 21, has been charged with assault after allegedly attacking a young woman outside a bar in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Morrison, who was a starlet at Manchester United before moving to West Ham, is also accused of assaulting the same woman and another woman aged 39 hours later.
Morrison, from Urmston, Manchester, was arrested yesterday and has been charged with two counts of common assault.
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "At about 3.20am on Sunday 27 July 2014, police were called to an address on Alexandra Road, Peel Green, Salford, following reports a 19-year-old woman and a 39-year-old woman had been assaulted.
"Officers attended and established the young woman had also been assaulted outside a bar in Manchester city centre earlier that evening and a 21-year-old man was subsequently arrested at a later date.
"Ravel Morrison, of Urmston, is charged with two common assaults."
Morrison was widely tipped to become a Manchester United regular as one of the club's best home-grown prospects in their youth teams.
But the midfielder was sold by former boss Sir Alex Ferguson to West Ham for £650,000 in January 2012.
He has since been loaned out by West Ham to QPR and Birmingham City.
He will appear at Salford Magistrates' court later today.
