Manchester United have been heavily linked with sought after goalkeeper Andre Onana this summer, in a position they desperately need to strengthen.
David de Gea’s future is up in the air as he is currently a free agent due to not agreeing a new deal with Manchester United ahead of next season.
After spending 12 years at the club, this looks the year that United will bring in a new first choice keeper, and Onana could be an adequate replacement, having played under Erik ten Hag at Ajax.
Here’s some reasons as why he could be the perfect man to become United’s long term goalkeeper.
In his prime
Andre Onana is 27-years-old and had an impressive season last term, after he played a vital role in Inter Milan’s UEFA Champions League campaign where they reached the final.
At Onana’s age, he could still improve and become United’s number one and hopefully for the faithful, help them push on and compete with rivals Manchester City for the English Premier League title.
De Gea’s costly mistakes
Although David de Gea picked up the golden glove award last term, there is no doubt that some of his mistakes cost United valuable points.
The Spanish goalkeeper joined United in 2011 and had a period in the middle of his career at Old Trafford where he was arguably their best player.
However, it is evident that ten Hag is not overly keen on him after he did not pushing to get a new deal signed, in hope that they could get a more competent keeper in the door.
Distribution / modern goalkeeper
Onana epitomises the modern goalkeeper with his ability to play out from the back, which is pivotal to ten Hag’s style of play looking to keep the ball.
Ten Hag will be familiar with the Cameroonian’s work from their time at Ajax together, where he was crucial in a side that reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2019, so he could be the missing piece to the puzzle for the Red Devils.
De Gea has proven that he has great shot stopping traits, but Onana is statistically much better with his feet, which is something that would be highly beneficial with how the game of football is evolving.
