The 21-year-old player joined Sevilla earlier this month on loan until the end of the season. There is a chance for him to make the move official.
Mejbri’s first game for the La Liga team was as a substitute in a 5-1 loss to Girona last weekend. However, he was not in the group for the Copa del Rey game against Atletico Madrid this week.
Sevilla plays Osasuna again on Saturday, but the Tunisia international will not be playing. In a vague statement released on Saturday, manager Quique Sanchez Flores said the player needs time “to understand that he is at Sevilla and what it means.”
Manager Flores said, “Now that we’ve been with him, talked to him, and seen his first minutes in Girona, we are going to give him the space he needs to understand where he is, that he is at Sevilla, and what that means.”
“We need to see him and he needs to know where he is.” We talked to him about it, and we think he needs some time to learn. We wanted to give him some room and time to see things from a different point of view. He will then go back to the team.
“In the end, they are just kids who came to a big club like Sevilla at a time when there was a lot of interest.” They also need a place to be. And you might be able to see that place better from the outside than the inside. Do something to get what you want.
He said, “Let’s see how hard the boy works. I think he’ll understand what we want in the end.”
Rumors are going around, according to Mundo Deportivo, that Mejbri got into a fight with partner Mariano this week during training that continued in the locker room.
Mariano was also not with the team when they lost to Atletico in the cup last week.
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The ex-Real Madrid scorer will also not play today against Osusana; Flores says his absence is because he is not fit.
“Mariano is also not going to go today because he is sick.” Flower said, “We see a boy in training who has trouble moving to do the things we want.”
“He came to talk to us this week and said he wasn’t feeling well.” He is a boy who isn’t fully ready, so we can’t call him up.