Birmingham City has bid Hannibal Mejbri farewell, but they will be hoping to see him again.
Due to his playing style, the Manchester United loanee at Birmingham became a fan favorite.
It was obvious that they had a soft place for the United kid because they bothered their competitors and were a key component of the squad that successfully kept Birmingham in the Championship.
He was asked about coming back to Birmingham for the upcoming season in a recent interview. Mejbri didn't completely rule it out, but it seems highly unlikely.
“We will see at the end of the pre-season,” Mejbri said, as per Birmingham Mail. “Why not? You never know.”
The Tunisia international continued by acknowledging it was challenging to live in the Championship. Whether he succeeds at United or not, we hope that the experience will benefit him in the future.
“It was really hard,” the midfielder added. “The Championship is really hard. We play week in, week out. At home you have to sleep every day and eat good otherwise you get injured.
“It was a really good experience. I think I learned a lot and the fans were unbelievable with me. I have to give them everything on the pitch and that is what I tried to do.”
Mejbri is anticipated to travel with United's team to the United States later this year for a preseason tour. Erik ten Hag will decide on his future at that point.
Hannibal Mejbri isn't the only Man United's loanee who has hinted about his future after a successful loan stint. Amad Diallo also spoke regarding his future, the Ivorian that he might return to Sunderland for the upcoming season, but he is still undecided about his future plans.
The Black Cats, who were in seventh place in the Championship heading into their match against Preston on the penultimate day, needed to win to have a chance at winning a play-off spot and were hoping for one of Coventry or Millwall to slip up above them. They contributed in part by scoring three goals in only 11 minutes of the second half blitz.
Ten minutes after the break, Amad scored a fantastic goal when the ball fell at his feet 20 yards from the goal. The winger scored his 13th goal of the year with a first-time attempt that he curled past Freddie Woodman and into the top corner.
Sunderland snuck into a play-off berth on goal differential as a result of Millwall blowing a two-goal lead and losing 4-3 to Blackburn at home. Amad talked about his future after the victory.
"Playing against Luton [in the play-offs] is very hard but I hope we’ll be in the Premier League next season and maybe I’ll come back, I don’t know," he told reporters.
"We are happy to win the game. We are focused on the play-off and I hope maybe we will be in the Premier [League]."
After their play-off place was confirmed, Sunderland teammate Luke O'Nien lauded his on-loan teammate.
"The day he came in, the standards he has raised in terms of what he does on the ball is incredible," O'Nien told Sky Sports. "We’ve still got a job to do but he’s incredible. We love him and I know the fans love him as well."
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