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Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has been dominated out of the membership’s upcoming pre-season tour with a hamstring harm.
Onana endured a tumultuous 2024/25 season, which noticed him make quite a few high-profile errors that dearly value United in video games. In reality, he has by no means actually appeared convincing since his transfer from Inter Milan in the summertime of 2023.
There are doubts over his future at Previous Trafford, with United believed to be open to offloading him this summer time. He has been linked to the Saudi Pro League and Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco however concrete affords for him have but to reach.
A report lined by The Peoples Individual relayed that United worth the Cameroonian at £30m. It’s additionally been urged that United don’t see the goalkeeping function as a urgent concern proper now, as they’ve extra pressing gaps to fill elsewhere within the group.
Now, The Telegraph’s Mike McGrath has revealed that Ruben Amorim is contemplating bringing in a brand new goalkeeper after Onana suffered an harm in pre-season coaching.
McGrath explains, “Manchester United have been dealt an enormous blow with André Onana dominated out of pre-season tour with a hamstring harm. Ruben Amorim is now weighing up whether or not to purchase one other goalkeeper earlier than the Premier League season will get below method.”
“Onana, 29, has suffered the issue this week as gamers returned to United’s coaching base at Carrington, with early evaluation fearing he’ll miss six to eight weeks of motion, pushing him to the brink of creating the curtain-raiser in opposition to Arsenal on Sunday August 17.”
The Telegraph be aware that United are hopeful Onana will probably be match by the point the season begins however they nonetheless have Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton of their ranks.
United additionally maintain academy goalkeeper Radek Vítek in excessive esteem, all of the extra so after his sturdy performances on mortgage at BW Linz in Austria.
A remaining choice on whether or not to press forward with plans to safe the providers of a goalkeeper to supply cowl and even competitors has but to be made.
Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez is an choice for the Purple Devils however in the mean time, nothing is happening due to Villa’s excessive valuation of the World Cup winner.
Different names on United’s record embrace Senne Lammens of Royal Antwerp, Lille’s Lucas Chevalier and Parma’s Zion Suzuki.
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