Manchester United players turned out to be happy Andre Onana finally left

Gilabola.com – Manchester United players reportedly feel relieved after Andre Onana’s departure to Trabzonspor because the situation of four senior goalkeepers is considered to cause problems in the squad.

Onana officially joined the Turkish club on loan until the end of the season, the day before the transfer window in the country was closed. Trabzonspor also agreed to bear the full salary of the Cameroon goalkeeper.

Internal sources said that the Manchester United players saw the existence of four senior goalkeepers as not ideal. The situation came after the club brought in Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp on the last day of the transfer market.

Onana himself initially insisted on defending, but his appearance was full of mistakes when the team was eliminated embarrassing from Grimsby Town in the League Cup event accelerating his decision to leave.

Goalkeeper dilemma and changes in Amorim’s views

Before Onana officially left, coach Ruben Amorim had shown signs of attitude change. He more often entrusted the position of goalkeeper to Altay Bayindir at the start of the season, including against Arsenal and Fulham.

However, Bayindir also made a mistake that led to the opponent’s goal, making trust in him began to waver. When asked about the possibility of lowering Tom Heaton who was 39 years old, Amorim reportedly answered in an unhappy tone.

Onana himself suffered a hamstring injury along the preseason, so he was absent in a number of preparation matches. This also influenced Amorim’s decision not to give him the main place at the beginning of the Premier League competition.

According to the report, Lammens’s presence ultimately made Onana feel left out and barely have a future at Old Trafford.

The end of Onana’s short career in United

The choice of destination for Onana is quite limited because only Türkiye and Saudi Arabia are still opening the transfer market until early September.

Fenerbahce was actually mentioned as an option, but Jose Mourinho was not interested in recruiting Onana or Ederson before he was fired two weeks ago. After that, Fenerbahce actually bought Ederson from Manchester City, while Galatasaray was more focused on other options.

Manchester United brought Onana from Inter Milan in July 2023 at a cost of around Rp 1 trillion. However, his tenure as the main goalkeeper only lasted two seasons with a lot of conceding from shots that should be anticipated.

Now, with his departure to Türkiye, Manchester United avoid the situation of the strength of the goalkeeper which has the potential to cause internal tension.

Of the 13 players who were recruited in the Erik Ten Hag era in the first two seasons, only Altay Bayindir, Lisandro Martinez, Casemiro, and Mason Mount still survived in the main squad today.