Manchester United players and staff have sent a good luck message to Hannibal Mejbri ahead of the Arab Cup final between Tunisia and Algeria.
Mejbri has started in all five of Tunisia's matches in their run to the final in Qatar, having switched allegiance from France in the summer.
The 18-year-old made his international debut against the Democratic Republic of Congo in June and Mejbri has shone in the Tunisia attack during the Arab Cup.
The former Monaco youth-teamer was named the man of the match in the semi-final win over Egypt, having received the accolade in the group victory against the United Arab Emirates.
Ahead of the 3pm kick-off against Algeria on Saturday, the United Twitter account posted a video of good luck messages aired by Mejbri's coaches and teammates at the club.
Under-23 coach Neil Wood, his assistant Neil Ryan, technical director Darren Fletcher, academy head Nick Cox, development coach Mark Dempsey, and Champions League winner Wes Brown sent Mejbri their best wishes.
The whole #MUFC family is behind you, Hannibal
Go get the win! #MUAcademy | #ArabCup2021 pic.twitter.com/NwHRY4dNHD— Manchester United (@ManUtd)
Mejbri's teammates Bjorn Hardley, Ethan Laird, D'Mani Mellor, Dillon Hoogewerf, Dishon Bernard, Anthony Elanga, Noam Emeran, and Teden Mengi also appear on the video. Laird is on a season-long loan at Swansea, Mellor is at Salford on loan while Bernard is thriving on loan at Hull.
United signed Mejbri from Monaco in a €10million in 2019 and the forward made his debut against Wolves on the final day of last season.
Mejbri was included in the United Champions League squad at the start of the season and would have likely played in their final group stage match against Young Boys last week if he was not on international duty with Tunisia.
