Manchester United move to snap up two Ligue 1 starlets – but they’re not alone

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Manchester United are edging closer to signing highly-rated teenagers Hannibal Mejbri and Isaac Lihadji, say reports.

Isaac Lihadji

The Daily Mail reports that the Old Trafford club have agreed a deal with Monaco to bring 16-year-old Mejbri to England.

Mejbri and his family have fallen out with the Ligue 1 club, and the player’s agent Jorge Mendes visited United’s Carrington training centre to discuss a potential £9 million move with transfer bosses Ed Woodward and Matt Judge.

However, his preference is to stay at Marseille as he has been reassured by manager Andres Villas-Boas's comments about giving young players game time.

The French club first met the players’ representatives in mid-July but an agreement remains distant at this stage, and the Ligue 1 side will have to raise their offer if they want to keep the player.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.