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Birmingham fans confused as Blues announce on-loan signing of Hannibal Mejbri with Silence of the Lamps mock-up of Manchester United's youngster's arrival on loan

Birmingham City announcement video of loan signing Manchester United midfielder Hannibal Mejbri has left some fans confused.

The video posted on Twitter is inspired by a scene from the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs, in which fictitious villain Hannibal Lecter meets FBI agent Clarice Starling in a high-security prison.

But due to the film being over three decades old, many fans are not familiar with the reference the club were trying to make by super-imposing the midfielder over the villain.

Hannibal was super-imposed into the film Silence of the Lambs in his announcement video

Fans were then left questioning why the midfielder appeared to be a prison cell, with one Twitter user, @LaunchburyJake, saying: 'Why is he in jail?