Breaking News:Fabrizio Romano suggests Rangers will have to stump up to sign £8.4m Hannibal Mejbri
Fabrizio Romano has provided an update on Manchester United star Hannibal Mejbri amid links to Rangers.
The 21-year-old Tunisian international has been at Old Trafford since he was 16-years-old but now looks set to be heading out the door at the famous old stadium.
Rangers were strongly linked with Mejbri last week but over the last few days or so Gers fans have been nervously awaiting an update on any deal.
Now it appears that there has been some movement on Hannibal Mejbri’s future with Romano namedropping Rangers and giving a timeline over the attacking midfielder’s future.
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At the same time, Romano has branded Rangers’ interest in Mejbri as ‘genuine’.
“Yeah I think there will be some more exits,” Romano told Caught Offside’s The Debrief podcast when asked about Man United’s transfer activity.
“For example Hannibal Mejbri will be out, I think, in the next days.
“They want to sell him on a permanent transfer and there is genuine interest from Rangers.”
Hannibal Mejbri certainly fits Rangers’ ambitions in player trading with the 21-year-old previously considered one of the brightest talents at Manchester United.
But the idea that Rangers would need to strike a permanent transfer to sign the forward will certainly turn a few heads.
Ibrox chairman John Bennett has been speaking about the club’s ’long-term’ transfer strategy in an address to supporters and it’s clear signing young talents is high up on the agenda.
But with Rangers already splashing £11.5m since Clement came in the door, Gers fans will be left wondering about the types of fees involved in any deal to bring Hannibal to Glasgow.
Bennett told fans:
“If you’re really serious about building – and I’ve heard it a lot – and again it frustrates me as much as it frustrates every Rangers supporter is this fabled, almost mythical player trading model.
“It’s not up and running, I don’t see it, that would be an accurate observation and criticism.
“Imperative two, if you are going to build a truly sustainable, operating player trading model having fixed the line above it, the pre-player trading losses.
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