Negotiations for Tunisian international midfielder Hannibal Mejbri with representatives of Scottish clubs Celtic and Glasgow Rangers have collapsed in recent days, at a time when the 21-year-old player confirmed that his career with Manchester United is over.
Hannibal joined Manchester United at the age of sixteen, specifically in the summer of 2019 from Monaco in a huge deal worth nearly 10 million euros. Analysts expected him to be the team’s future star, but reality turned out to be the opposite of expectations.
Hannibal fell out of the calculations of successive Manchester United coaches, and went on loan for the 2022-2023 season to Birmingham City, which plays in the English First Division, then another loan to Sevilla in the second half of last season.
Hannibal Al-Majbri returns to square one
Last week, the competition between the two Scottish giants, Rangers and Celtic, to secure the services of Mejbri this summer was heating up and things were going well, but a sudden turn occurred, and now it can be said that the negotiations have returned to square one again.
According to the platform Football InsiderManchester United have rejected offers from Rangers and Celtic.
Manchester United are aiming to make a final sale of Mejbri, and have rejected all offers from Celtic and Rangers to loan the player, which would harm the career of the young Carthage Eagle, who will be forced to sit on the Red Devils’ bench throughout the next season.
Hannibal reveals the reasons for choosing Tunisia over France
It remains to be seen whether Celtic or Rangers are willing to put a sum of at least €5m on Manchester United’s table to sign Mejbri in a permanent deal, otherwise the English club will keep the player until next season.
Hannibal Al-Majbri continues to bleed millions
Mejbri continued to bleed millions of his marketing value, due to the few minutes he was given and his poor performance with Manchester United and Sevilla last season, to currently stand at 9 million euros, compared to 12 million euros last year.
Last season 2023-2024, Hannibal Mejbri scored only one goal out of a total of 17 matches with Sevilla and Manchester United in all competitions, and he also failed to… Tunisian player The young man is providing any assists to his teammates.
