Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has been blasted for his handling of Hannibal Mejbri this season and accused of favouring the club's 'bigger' names.
With four outings for United under his belt this campaign as well as a first Premier League goal during the loss against Brighton, Hannibal is slowly establishing himself at Old Trafford. However, his development has stalled slightly in recent weeks, having been an unused substitute in the last two league games.
"That is what has happened. He’s had to go to a kid in the academy to do that for him now. Hannibal got into that side. Say what you want about him and people will say, ‘He’s not a £100m player, he’s not this or that’ – but he went to Birmingham, worked hard on loan there, he came back and for me, he was Man of the Match in a couple games.
For all of the praise Sherwood had for Mejbri, it hasn't always been smooth sailing for the Tunisian international. The 20-year-old was actually embroiled in a heated training ground bust-up with Alex Telles at the back end of the 2021/22 campaign.In the aftermath of the humiliating 4-0 defeat by Brighton in May 2022, then-interim boss Ralf Rangnick was forced to end a training session early such was the serious nature of Mejbri's scrap with Telles.