Different era. Also, he was playing for Cannes.
They aren't treating him like Messi but rather he's making himself available for the pass and is actually wanting to actively influence the game. He did the same at Monaco and United.
I get that and I’m definitely not looking to criticize the player.
And now you see marketing everywhere? How is choosing which country you want to play for, a PR stunt?
To clarify, I’m not saying the “choosing” is a stunt, but the Roman columns, flashing lights and music are most definitely a stunt.
Very good point
Welcome to the cult of Hannibal
He did fine for his debut against a pretty physical outfit in DR Congo. But the bigger test will arrive against Algeria on Friday.
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None of that of his making.
I’m not saying that it is. I’m saying it’s embarrassing from the Tunisian NT.
It shouldn't though. Tunisia maybe doesn't have that many individual stars but you have players like Okocha, Drogba, Yakubu, Sala, Mane, Kanu, Eto etc all big African stars that have gone all over the globe, and Tunisia has outperformed a lot of those African countries a few times in tournaments, so unsure why a teenager in United's youth team is cause for such pageantry.
no more comments like this, borderline racist.
id expect it’s a historical reference to his namesake, Hannibal of Carthage, crossing the Alps with his army which included elephants. Carthage was in modern day Tunisia for another link
Is it a big deal?
Precisely. I made that reference myself earlier in the thread and Hannibal's use of elephants is of the things he most well known for despite the majority of them dying on their journey across the Alps.
Not racist. Witty. The original Hannibal rode an elephant over the alps and laid siege to Rome.
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No more comments like this, borderline stupid and uneducated.
That's great to hear, and I guess Tunisia showing a bit too much how excited they are by all of this. I think it may give a bad impression on his teammates through no fault of his own, but he can win them over with his personality and talent on the field. It was just amateur hour by Tunisia to do something like this to a young player entering the national team. I'm not sure what Tunisia's schedule is looking like, but if I can catch his first game I'd like to see how much time he gets and what he does with it.
Maybe he meant that the original Hannibal was borderline racist! Cultural appropriation by the original H.
The question is whether we will see more Man United jerseys on the streets of Tunisia now?
I concur. Hannibal the Great, who strode across the continent with his war elephants and crushed the Romans in the Second Punic War. One of the greatest military commanders in recorded history. I think this is hardly racist. Hannibal belonged to Carthage, which is located in modern day Tunisia.
Huh? Who has said he's going to be starting for us next year here? Everyone is lamenting the lack of elephants and Chianti in his faux epic introduction to the Tunisian national team far as I can see.
I think this is the key. It's not racist to be named after a commander that was even revered by the Romans after his eventual defeat
Loan, not a chance we sell him.
If he's going anywhere then it will be on loan.
