Alasana Manneh

Alasana Manneh has been a fringe Premiership figure for Hibernian in 2025-2026, with one league appearance, no starts and no goals. The early numbers point to a squad role rather than a settled midfield place – he has also picked up one yellow card in that brief league outing – although appearances in the League Cup and European qualifiers suggest he has been used to cover minutes across competitions.

Manneh’s only available rating this season is 6.39, with the same figure listed as both his highest and lowest mark. That is too small a sample to read as form, but it does underline how little evidence there is so far of sustained Premiership impact.

Manneh’s career path has been varied rather than linear, taking him from FC Barcelona B through a loan at Etar Veliko Tarnovo, then to Gornik Zabrze, Odense BK and Hibernian. The available record shows modest goal returns from midfield in recent seasons, including three goals in 2020-2021 and two in 2021-2022, but his current profile is more that of a depth midfielder than a high-output attacking option.

The transfer history suggests a player who has moved between development, loan and senior squad roles. Barcelona B loaned him to Etar before he left on a free transfer for Gornik Zabrze, then Odense paid €540k for him in 2022. Hibernian’s undisclosed January 2025 deal looks like a lower-risk move for an experienced midfielder rather than a major rebuild signing.