Tunisian international Hannibal Mejbri leaves to seek playing time in Championship English (Second Division). Manchester United have announced the loan of their young midfielder to Birmingham City until the end of the season.
Arrived at the Manchester United training center from Monaco in 2019, Hannibal Mejbri did not have a place in the first team of the Red Devils. The 19-year-old midfielder has been loaned out for the season to Birmingham City, Championship. The English second division club will not have a purchase option on the Tunisian international (16 caps), who played twice in Premier League last season. With the Manchester United Under-23s, he was named the best player of the 2020-2021 season. A few months before the World Cup, Hannibal Mejbri hopes for playing time to be on the list of the Carthage Eagles.
Very prominent during the Arab Cup
Called for the first time in Tunisia national team in 2021, Hannibal Mejbri honors his first selection on June 5, against the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is selected for the Arab Cup. In Qatar, he was named man of the match in the third group match against the Emirati selection (Tunisian victory 1-0). He was once again named man of the match in the semi-final against Egypt (1-0 victory). He participated in almost all (88 minutes) of the regular time of the Arab Cup final won by Algeria, before being replaced by coach Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane.
At 18, Hannibal Mejbri experienced his first international competition. “ It makes you want to qualify for the World Cup, you can see the infrastructure here, it’s great “Enthused the former Monegasque at the time. Today, it is a place in the group that becomes his priority. At the start of the year, tested positive, the young midfielder missed the start of the CAN in Cameroon. Hannibal Mejbri was among the list of three nominated by the Confederation of African Football for the Young Player of the Year title, won by the Senegalese Pope Matar Sarr.
” Do not be afraid to choose Africa even if the conditions are not the same as in Europe. If you love your country or your origins, why be afraid to represent these origins? I made this decision, I opened the door, those who want to come, come. Those who opt for another choice, I respect. France is good too. For me, it’s a choice of the heart. And no one can argue a choice of the heart “, he explained to World Eleven. Before choosing Tunisia, he had several selections with the U16 and U17 tricolors.
Hannibal Mejbri, native of Ivry-sur-Seine in the suburbs of Paris, played with the young people of Paris FC before joining the Monaco training center in 2018 and living his first transfer a year later, to Manchester United, for 10 million euros.