Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana is in the headlines after expensive mistakes (Olivier Chesignol)
Andre Onana on Thursday leads to a potentially make-or-break match for his Manchester United Career against Leon in the Europea League on Thursday as English veterans fought to keep their season alive.
Cameroon’s international goalkeeper made the point of making themselves the main thing before the first phase of the quarter-finals in France, which ended in a 2–2 draw, boldly claiming that the United were “better” than their opponents.
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This gave a salty reply to former United Midfielder Nemenja Mattik, now with Leon, which “one of the worst goalkeepers in the history of Manchester United” labeled him “.
Onana was given a hostile reception by fans in France and her words returned to bring her back when she was at fault for both goals.
United Manager Ruben Amorim left him for a trip to Newcastle on Sunday, brought to the back-up goalkeeper Altay Biondir, but the game ended in a 4–1 defeat, with a mistake for the fourth goal with Turkish International.
Amorim now has a possible season-defining decision-does he bring back Onana or choose Biondir again?
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The bets are high. The defeat in Old Trafford will effectively end the United season, with nothing left to play in the Premier League.
Vijay will place him on a track to win the Europea League, which will be a passport in the attractive Champions League for the next season.
United, then paid about £ 47 million ($ 62 million) to signed as David de Gay replacement from Inter Milan in 2023 with Eric Ten Haag, again on the hull, in 2023.
Dus Haag, who worked with the goalkeeper in Ajax, spoke on his ball-playing skills.
The 29-year-old has shown a glow of talent with his glove work during his time in Old Trafford and sometimes demonstrated his ability with a ball on his feet.
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But they have a lack of continuity and developed an unwanted reputation as an disaster keeper.
– Error count –
According to the data before the latest round of the matches, a premiere league goalkeeper had made more errors to score goals in all competitions than Onana (eight) since the beginning of the previous season.
To compound cases, the former International D Gay of Spain, who was allowed to leave on free transfer, is now acting for the Italian club Fiurentina.
Amorim defended Onana after a draw of last week in Leon and explained his decision to leave her in Newcastle.
“Sometimes you have to push the player to play again, sometimes you have to let them disconnect a little, but (on Monday) he is going into training for the next one preparation,” he told Sky Sports. “I thought it was a good time to disconnect Andre.”
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He said: “So it was a normal situation. You have to manage everything and sometimes people just look at the physical aspect, but the mental aspect is really important.”
The picture with Onana is fine.
On the one hand, he had the worst minute-minute-goal of any United goalkeeper with 10 or more premiere league performance.
But last week’s data revealed that since the onset of the 2023/24 Premier League season, only Everton’s Jordan Pickford (8.7) had stopped more goals than Onana’s 7.5 based on Sports Analytics Company’s expected goal model.
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What is the importance of Thursday’s match in Old Trafford.
The United Premier is ranked 14th in the League, with only six matches left and it can clearly finish 17th position, which is just above the allegations.
This will be his lowest finish since being accused again from the top division in the 1973/74 season.
Amorim still has a chance to end United’s turbulent campaign with an European trophy, which may prove to be transformational as reconstruction.
But whether Onana remains central for its plans in the short term and is yet to be seen long -term.
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