While United fans are devastated to be losing one prized asset the Red Devils may already have a future gem in the form of Mejbri.
He’s been compared to Matteo Guendouzi because of his frizzy hair and composed nature on the ball. But, curiously, Nicky Butt compared him to David Beckham and Roy Keane earlier in the season – because of his leadership skills.
“Leaders are always looked at like a Roy Keane, a Steve Bruce, a Bryan Robson, those kind of verbal, real aggression, real leaders,” he said.
“And then you’ve got leaders like Paul Scholes or David Beckham or Ryan Giggs, who’s quiet but really leads by example of how they play and how they work hard.
“We’ve got the old-fashioned leaders, if you like, who are going to talk to the players and drive the team,” he said.
“Hannibal (Mejbri)’s a leader. The way he plays his football is 100mph, he’s non-stop running up and down.”
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