Man Utd ‘AGREE to sell wonderkid Hannibal Mejbri, 21, to Championship club in shock permanent transfer’
MANCHESTER UNITED have agreed terms for wonderkid Hannibal Mejbri to join Burnley, according to reports.
The 21-year-old will initially join on loan but the Championship outfit will have an obligation to permanently sign him next summer.
Hannibal is due to undergo his medical on Monday ahead of completing the move, according to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano.
The deal was described as “almost there” as the midfielder enters the final year of his United contract after signing a one-year extension in December.
He joined United’s youth system from Monaco in 2019 and made 13 first-team appearances for the club, scoring once, in a 3-1 defeat to Brighton last season.
Hannibal’s sale will be banked as “pure profit” as his book value after five years at the club is now the same as an academy player.
Although Hannibal was signed in a deal worth £4.2m rising to £8m with additional add-ons, he counts as a homegrown asset.
This would help them comply with Profit and Sustainability Rules next year.
Capped 27 times by Tunisia, Hannibal spent the entirety of the 2022-23 campaign on loan at Birmingham City.
While he made 10 appearances under Erik ten Hag last season, the Dutchman felt it was best to send the starlet away again.
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He joined Sevilla for the second half of 2023-24, where he played six games and often failed to make the matchday squad.
The LaLiga club decided not to exercise their option to permanently sign Hannibal for £17m.
The midfielder becomes the latest player to leave United after last week’s permanent exits of fellow youngsters Facundo Pellistri, Maxi Oyedele and Will Fish.
While Raphael Varane, Anthony Martial, Donny van de Beek, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Mason Greenwood, Omari Forson and Willy Kambwala had already departed Old Trafford.
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TOP FOUR
ARSENAL, MANCHESTER CITY, LIVERPOOL and TOTTENHAM — and I’ve got a really strong feeling for Arsenal this season. A few of Man City’s star players are getting a bit older. There’s been nothing between the two teams over the past two years.
RELEGATION
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