Manchester United 'angered by midfielder's loan situation'

The 21-year-old featured on 10 occasions for the Red Devils in the first half of the 2023-24 campaign, including five appearances in the Premier League, before joining Sevilla on loan in the middle of January.

The La Liga outfit allegedly have the option to sign Hannibal on a permanent basis this summer for €20m (£17m), with Man United thought to have a buyback option of around €35m (£30m).

However, the Tunisia international, as it stands, is unlikely to move to Estadio Ramon on a long-term deal, having struggled to make his mark since arriving during the winter market.

The midfielder has only made four appearances for Sevilla, totalling just 89 minutes, and he has been an unused substitute in the team's last two La Liga games with Almeria and Celta Vigo.

According to AS, Man United have been 'angered' by Sevilla's use of Hannibal, with the English club expecting him to feature on a regular basis for the Spanish outfit.

After his debut against Girona, Sevilla head coach Quique Sanchez Flores said that Hannibal would spend a period out of the team while he got used to his new surroundings.

«Hannibal, after speaking with him and seeing his first minutes in Girona, we have given him the necessary space for him to understand where he is, what Sevilla means and where we want to see him defending the shirt,» the head coach told reporters at the time.

«We have given him that learning period so that he can see things from the outside and he will return to the squad as one more player and as a player who we hope will contribute a lot until the end of the season.

»In the end, he has landed in a great club like Sevilla, in circumstances which