Former United manager Peter Houston has warned Russell against ending up like former team-mates David Goodwillie and Scott Allan.Now, where is he now? Again, he's moved on, his agent has moved him to what he thinks is the right club, West Brom, but he's not playing first-team football.Goodwillie's move to Blackburn Rovers turned sour, while Allan has failed to break into West Brom's first team.Indeed, on Twitter, midfielder Allan himself re-tweeted a message sent to Russell saying: "Surely you don't want to end up like Scott Allan - bags of potential now playing on front of three fans for WBA reserves.David Goodwillie got his good move and extra money, but where has his career went?" said Houston.Houston agreed with his former club that "Johnny Russell's worth a lot more than that", especially considering that former strike partner Goodwillie, who is a year older at 24, was sold for nearly £2.8m.Having signed for Blackburn when they were a Premier League side, Goodwillie has played only eight times this season as they struggle to avoid relegation from the Championship.United rejected a bid from Sheffield United in January, while a £1.25m offer from Huddersfield Town for Russell and winger Gary Mackay-Steven was described as "a joke" by Houston in September.Allan, now 21, has yet to make a first-team appearance for West Brom since his £300,000 move in January 2012 and instead has been farmed out to Portsmouth and League One rivals MK Dons.
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