Topics: Andre Onana, Man Utd, Premier League, Transfers
Andre Onana still believes he has a future at Manchester United and will fight for the No 1 spot when his loan finishes, but it appears the club have different ideas.
The Cameroon international joined Turkish side Trabzonspor on a season-long loan in September after a catalogue of high-profile mistakes led United to sign Senne Lammens, who has hit the ground running.
Onana was United'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 £47.2 million deal was struck in 2023.
Murtough even suggested he would "develop even further over the coming years" but after a string of errors across the 2024-25 campaign, the 31-year-old's future looks increasingly uncertain as Lammens continues to impress.
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That being said, Onana wants to re-establish himself as United’s No 1 after his loan ends in May, according to The Guardian.
The report goes on to suggest that Onana believes he will be given the chance to prove his worth.
However, United have no plans to reintegrate the goalkeeper into their first-team, according to talkSPORT, with a replacement expected to be brought in this summer.
"Old Trafford officials know they will need to take a hit on the near £50 million they paid Inter Milan for Onana at the behest of Erik ten Hag in the summer of 2023," the report adds.
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.
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van Sar recently spoke about Onana's time at Old Trafford and gave 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, brought to you by Sky Bet.
"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."
