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'It was always his dream' - Hannibal Mejbri's journey to becoming Manchester United's latest young star
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Hannibal Mejbri admitted he found it 'difficult' to understand his Manchester United team-mates' Mancunian accents in 2019.
It's something he could have joked about with Paul Pogba when the pair were introduced that summer. Tottenham Hotspur, Leicester City, Barcelona and Bayern Munich were interested in signing Hannibal from Monaco two years ago but United won the race.
They flexed their muscles to land Hannibal's signature and the club certainly doesn't make such advances for ordinary players.
John Murtough, now director of football at Old Trafford, provided the youngster with a trip to Norway to watch United's July 2019 friendly against Kristiansund. Hannibal took the match in and met Pogba. He was sold on the club.
United paid an initial €5m to sign Hannibal from Monaco in 2019 - that was a sizeable transfer fee for someone who was still only 16 - and he quickly settled in. Three years later and Ralf Rangnick has confirmed he's in his first team plans.
This is the story of the boy that was shaped in Paris, with Tunisia in his blood.
Clairefontaine academy is located 30 miles outside of Paris. Its surrounded by oak trees, a vast, sprawling green landscape and inside the grounds is the 17th-century Montjoye castle. It is a secluded getaway, but it's not a location for the holidaymaker.
On the meticulously kept lawn at the front of the academy complex sits a giant replica of the World Cup trophy. It is the first giveaway yet a rather obvious one. The French Football Federation opened Clairefontaine in 1988 and it has since become of the best-known football academies in the world. Only the most gifted players in France are welcomed through its doors.
France's national side might train at Clairefontaine, but the complex
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