Andre Onana's future at Man Utd takes twist as 'agreement reached' with club over summer move

Andre Onana is not part of Manchester United's plans for the upcoming campaign and an agreement has already been reached for his departure, according to reports.

The 30-year-old goalkeeper, who spent the 2025-26 season on loan at Turkish side Trabzonspor, was allowed to leave last summer after a catalogue of high-profile errors led United to sign Senne Lammens.

Onana was the club's top choice to replace David de Gea, with United's then-football director John Murtough saying he was "one of the world's best goalkeepers" when a £47.2million deal was struck in 2023.

Murtough even suggested he would "develop even further over the coming years", but his future at Old Trafford looks increasingly uncertain, with another loan move on the horizon.

It emerged on Thursday that Trabzonspor have reached an agreement to extend Onana's loan for another season, according to journalist Yağız Sabuncuoğlu, who claims the player's lawyer is reviewing the contract.

Soon, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano added that a loan deal has been verbally agreed, with Trabzonspor set to pay a loan fee to United.

Last time around, the Turkish side agreed to pay Onana's entire wages during the loan spell. The goalkeeper saw his wages drop from around £170,000 per week to £120,000 per week after United failed to qualify for Europe.

Onana's last game for United was the club's Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby Town. Image credit: Getty

Back in April, it was reported that Onana wanted to re-establish himself as United’s No.1 following his loan, according to The Guardian.

The Cameroon international believed he would be given the chance to prove his worth but clearly, United have no plans to reintegrate Onana into their first-team following Senne Lammens' superb debut campaign.

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Edwin van der Sar on why Andre Onana struggled at Man Utd

Onana was shipped out on loan, just days after he made two mistakes in United's Carabao Cup defeat to League Two side Grimsby Town.

Edwin van Sar, who enjoyed a hugely successful spell at Old Trafford, has previously given his thoughts on why he struggled.

"I worked with Andre Onana for three or four years at Ajax. He came in as a third-choice goalkeeper and was very eager to step up and become the first choice," Van der Sar said on The Overlap.

"I thought, and I still think, that he has tremendous qualities – reflections and his feet – but somehow, he has the odd mistake in him that makes you think 'That’s crazy, how can he do that'.

"A team wants stability, to know what your goalkeeper is doing so the back four can relate and I think that’s what happened [the issue] with Andre.

"Manchester United haven’t had stability for the last six or seven years – the back four changing, the centre-halves and midfielders changing, coaches changing – so, it’s difficult for new players to come into an environment where the expectations are high, not only for goalkeepers but also for a winger or midfielder.

"A lot of players who have come here in the last eight or nine years have not reached the level that people expected them to reach."

Van der Sar added: "I absolutely thought that he [Andre] would succeed when he first came here. As I said, I worked with him and saw him at Ajax, he did well in Italy and played in a Champions League final, so I thought it was a match made in heaven."