Sevilla ‘already RULE OUT signing Man Utd star on permanent deal’ after loan nightmare sees him play just 36 minutes

SEVILLA have already ruled out signing Hannibal Mejbri in a permanent transfer from Manchester United, according to reports.

Hannibal, 21, joined the LaLiga side on loan last month after turning down a move to Everton.

A £17.2million option to buy was added to his contract, but Spanish outlet claims Sevilla do not want to trigger it.

The midfielder has been limited to just 36 minutes of football since moving to the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.

Hannibal fell out with Sevilla boss Quique Sanchez Flores less than two weeks after completing his transfer.

Flores claimed he needed to understand "what it means" to represent Sevillistas.

The 59-year-old said: "After being with him, talking to him and having seen his first minutes in Girona, we are going to give him the necessary space to understand where he is, that he is at Sevilla and what it means.

"He has to know where he is and we want to see him. We have spoken with him and we believe that he has to have some time to learn, we wanted to give him space, time for him to see things from the outside and then he will return to the squad.

"In the end they are kids who have come and suddenly land in a huge club like Sevilla in circumstances of maximum demand. And they need a bit of location.

"And that location may be seen better from the outside than from the inside. You should take a step to understand what we want.

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"Let's see if the boy applies himself and I think that in the end he will understand perfectly what we want."

Hannibal spent the 2022-23 season on loan at Birmingham and made 41 first team appearances.

He joined Man Utd from Monaco in 2019 and was handed his first team debut two years later.

The midfielder has since made 13 senior appearances.