Our January transfer window hero Abdoulie Manneh remains in England and is still trying to secure an EFL Championship club.
Earlier this month, Mjällby AIF gave the forward permission to travel for Birmingham City talks. The 21-year-old had clearly wanted a move to Chris Davies’ side but everything fell apart.
At the time, Jacob Lennartsson, Mjällby CEO, explained his confusion.
“We had an agreement with Birmingham City,” Lennartsson said on January 15th. “But something has gone wrong, I don’t know what yet. I’ll find out during the day. If nothing happens, he’ll have to come back.”
Abdoulie Mannah did not go back to Sweden, nor did he join his club’s Portugal training camp.
On January 21st Mjällby sporting director Hasse Larsson explained his player was still trying to secure a club: “It’s clear that it’s not optimal. But he’s training there. It’s still so early, so I’m not worried about that. There is also interest from MLS in him. But we will try England first, in the Championship, and we will see if it works or not.”
The effort continues.
Larsson has now spoken again. Kristianstadsbladet quote the director as saying: “He is still in England and our hope is that he will be sold there before the window closes on February 2nd.”
Another try at a Championship club
Asked if the Swedish club will now get a worse deal than they would have done without the drama, he added: “That could be, but that’s certainly not our hope. But you never know.
“He’s fairly close to a club, so we didn’t think there was any point in flying him here and then back there in case something happened.”
On whether that club is at the same level as Birmingham City, Larsson said: “Yes, you could say that.”
Therefore, it would appear Abdoulie Mannah and his agent are trying with another Championship club. That could any of them, but Coventry City may be a standout option.
Frank Lampard’s side were keen ahead of the window, and are still being linked with strikers. Stoke City have also been linked previously.
