Expected window: January 2027
Hannibal to Birmingham City
Last update: 27 days ago
Evidence score
Birmingham City are monitoring Hannibal Mejbri for a potential return to the club, with MSN citing a report from La Presse. His listed contract at Burnley runs until June 2028. The track emerged on 8 Oct, when MSN picked up the claim from La Presse stating that the Midlands side have added the midfielder to their target list.
- Independent sources0/40
0 independent sources (max 4); 1 other outlet only repeats someone else's reporting
- Source track record10/25
No independent source to judge, so no track record counts (assumed 40%)
- Deal stage0/25
Stage: interest
- How recent6/10
Last update 27 days ago
What we know
Birmingham City are monitoring Hannibal Mejbri for a potential return to the club, with MSN citing a report from La Presse. His listed contract at Burnley runs until June 2028. The track emerged on 8 Oct, when MSN picked up the claim from La Presse stating that the Midlands side have added the midfielder to their target list.
Key findings
- Earliest report on file: 8 Oct 2026, MSN, citing La Presse (article not located).
- No independent source: all 1 identified outlets repeat earlier reporting.
- Deal stage reached by a counted source: interest.
- 1 report attributes the story to La Presse, whose own article we could not locate.
- No second independent source corroborates it.
- Latest evidence: 27 days ago.
Who reported it
Timeline
- 08 Oct 2026 · MSNBirmingham City has checked Hannibal Mejbri's name for a possible return to the Midlands club
Repeats reporting attributed to La Presse (we could not locate its own article). Stage: interest
Does Birmingham City need him?
Attacking Midfield: the attacking midfielders Birmingham City already have, from their squad list, and who they brought in there over the last two seasons. Facts only: we do not judge the need.
Current attacking midfielders (0)
No attacking midfielders in their squad list as we hold it.
Recent signings in this position
- Kanya Fujimoto (Attacking Midfield)· no longer in the squad2025/26 · free from Gil Vicente FC
Is it still alive?
- First report
- 08 Oct 2026
- Latest report
- 08 Oct 2026 (27 days ago)
- Transfer window
- January 2027: shuts in 89 days
The window the reports point to. If the move has not happened 10 days after it shuts, the dossier closes as not done.
No new reporting for over three weeks: the story is going cold.
Contract and fee
- Contract until
- June 2028
- Reported fee
- —
No outlet has quoted a figure for this move yet. We never estimate one.
Score over time
Player profile
- Full name
- Hannibal Mejbri
- Age
- 23
- Agent
- ROGON
Photo: Timmy96, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; resized and cropped.
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