Hannibal Mejbri: Manchester United agree long-term contract with academy prospect | Football News

Manchester United have agreed a “long-term contract” with academy midfielder Hannibal Mejbri.

Mejbri, 18, was signed by United from French club Monaco as a 16-year-old during the summer transfer window in 2019 in a deal reportedly price as much as £8.5m.

United have been fast to tie down the futures of their brightest academy prospects, with Shola Shoretire signing his first professional contract last month.

Shoretire, 17, has made two substitute appearances for United’s first group and Hannibal may rapidly comply with in his footsteps earlier than the top of the season as supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seems to be to reward his promising kids.

The France youth worldwide was into account to function in final month’s Europa League round-of-32 second-leg towards Actual Sociedad, till a shoulder damage dominated him out.

“Hannibal is injured,” Solskjaer stated forward of the Europa League tie. “Sadly, he acquired injured within the reserves so he’ll be out for a month.

“So he was simply coming into our squad and, sadly for him, he’s out.”

Solskjaer confirmed in February that Hannibal, together with Shoretire, had been promoted to the first-team.

“The younger children, we have moved Shola up with us, Hannibal will be part of us and we’ll maintain them with us for some time,” stated Solskjaer. “It is the subsequent step of their improvement, we have got to take the hit that once they play for the reserves they must journey by themselves. It is a good step for them, they’ve finished very well.”

Hannibal has performed above his age group since arriving at Carrington and has registered 4 objectives and 7 assists taking part in for Neil Wooden’s U23s this season.