[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Full Name: Teden Mambuene Mengi
Date of birth: Apr 30, 2002 (20)
Nationality: England

Other Nationalities: Angola

Height: 186cm
Position: Defender - Centre-Back
Foot: Right
Player Agent: ICM Stellar Sports
Contract Expires: Jun 30, 2024
Contract Option: Club option 1 year
Date of Last Contract Extension: Mar 17, 2021​

 

[aeh1991]

Has it been revealed yet why he isn't with the pre-season squad? Is he injured or something?

 

[Mickson]

Where is he? What he's doing? What is he going to do this season?

 

[Blood Mage]

I genuinely forgot he existed.

 

[Alemar]

I genuinely forgot he existed.

He is our 8th choice CB (or maybe 9th, Will Fish may already be ahead actually).

 

[Grande]

So nobody knows where he’s at?

 

[Alemar]

So nobody knows where he’s at?

There was a picture of him arriving at Carrington this morning, alongside other players - apparently for training.

 

[Grande]

There was a picture of him arriving at Carrington this morning, alongside other players - apparently for training.

Ah, he exists (again?).

 

[Telsim]

Whatever happened to him? Is he playing with the U21s?

 

[Alemar]

Whatever happened to him? Is he playing with the U21s?

He doesn’t, probably can’t get on the bench there any longer.

 

[SAFMUTD]

Whatever happened to him? Is he playing with the U21s?

He was injured, I don't know if he came back already or not.

 

[Bondi77]

Any news on Mengi?

 

[elmo]

Thought he was injured.

 

[Bondi77]

I have just noticed he has been playing U21 football again.
I would imagine he will be involved in the winter camp due to the lack of CBs available so a chance to impress Erik.

 

[Onerealunited]

There is a big chance that he will be loaned out when the winther transfer season opens - and rightly

 

[Reapersoul20]

Anyone hear how bad his injury was?

 

[NoPace]

Anyone hear how bad his injury was?

No idea but it looked terrible. At first it appeared to be a regular hamstring thing, but he was covering his eyes and it seemed quite serious.

 

[top1whoisman]

Happy to see him back in 1st team training today. I'm still holding out (blind) hope on him becoming a regular at United, despite all the injuries. And he's only 20. Probably not going to happen though, which is a shame as he is so talented. Realistically just hope he stays fit and goes on to build himself a career as a pro somewhere.

 

[lsd]

With Maguire out for Brighton is there a chance of Mengi being in the squad?

 

[top1whoisman]

With Maguire out for Brighton is there a chance of Mengi being in the squad?

Nope. The last match he played was in November.

 

[Revaulx]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen him play, but a friend who knows about these things reckons he isn’t a great defender but is really cool at keeping hold of the ball.

If that’s actually true it would be nice to see him brought on late in a game we are comfortably winning. We tend to get panicky; maybe he could calm things down?

 

[top1whoisman]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen him play, but a friend who knows about these things reckons he isn’t a great defender but is really cool at keeping hold of the ball.

If that’s actually true it would be nice to see him brought on late in a game we are comfortably winning. We tend to get panicky; maybe he could calm things down?

That would require him being fit every now and then. Unfortunately that doesn't seem realistic at the moment. He was very good at defending too. Strong, fast, good in tackle, very good timing and anticipation etc.

Such a shame, but that's how the careers go for some players. Of course he's still only 20 but the amount of football he's missed worries me. Hope he somehow recovers to have a career somewhere.

 

[Remember the geese]

I really rated the guy about three years ago. He just hasn't developed as I hoped.

 

[Revaulx]

That would require him being fit every now and then. Unfortunately that doesn't seem realistic at the moment. He was very good at defending too. Strong, fast, good in tackle, very good timing and anticipation etc.

Such a shame, but that's how the careers go for some players. Of course he's still only 20 but the amount of football he's missed worries me. Hope he somehow recovers to have a career somewhere.

Sounds rather like Axel, but with the injuries kicking in even earlier.

As you say, such a shame. A reminder that even with bags of talent and top class attitude / application, making it as a footballer is still incredibly dicey.

 

[top1whoisman]

Sounds rather like Axel, but with the injuries kicking in even earlier.

As you say, such a shame. A reminder that even with bags of talent and top class attitude / application, making it as a footballer is still incredibly dicey.

Very much so indeed. The injury issues is the hardest one to take as there's often not much a player can do. With most things that can happen in football you can always look in the mirror and control how you react to adversity. But severe injuries at a crucial point of your career and it's more or less game over.

 

[daba]

I really rated the guy about three years ago. He just hasn't developed as I hoped.

Same. Genuinely gutted as I thought he could have been a monster for us. He’s strong, quick, class on the ball and would have been the perfect Varane understudy for the next couple years.

 

[MadDogg]

That would require him being fit every now and then. Unfortunately that doesn't seem realistic at the moment. He was very good at defending too. Strong, fast, good in tackle, very good timing and anticipation etc.

Such a shame, but that's how the careers go for some players. Of course he's still only 20 but the amount of football he's missed worries me. Hope he somehow recovers to have a career somewhere.

What is it with us and all our most hyped youth defenders being injury prone these last few years? Tuanzebe, Fosu-Mensah, Mengi, Laird.

Although I guess that just fits in with our first team defenders as well. Jones, Bailly, Rojo, Shaw, now Varane, to a lesser extent Smalling. Hell, going back all the way to 06/07 I think there's only been two or three seasons where we haven't had our annual defensive injury crisis.

 

[golden_blunder]

He was strong at reserve levels. It remains to he seen how the defensive side of his game pans out against physically stronger players in first team football. Needs a loan or 2 but first needs to be able to stay fit

 

[Glorio]

Besides injuries (may have been a factor), his performance levels have dipped significantly over the last couple of years

 

[Marwood]

What is it with us and all our most hyped youth defenders being injury prone these last few years? Tuanzebe, Fosu-Mensah, Mengi, Laird.

Although I guess that just fits in with our first team defenders as well. Jones, Bailly, Rojo, Shaw, now Varane, to a lesser extent Smalling. Hell, going back all the way to 06/07 I think there's only been two or three seasons where we haven't had our annual defensive injury crisis.

Yeah its a very strange coincidence. A real shame.