Andre Onana is set to remain Manchester United’s first-choice goalkeeper for the upcoming season, with manager Ruben Amorim ready to put his faith in the Cameroon international despite initially exploring the market for a potential replacement, according to GiveMeSport.
After a disappointing 2024/25 campaign that ended without a trophy or European qualification, Man United have wasted no time in attempting to reshape their squad under Amorim’s leadership.
The Red Devils made a statement early in the window by landing Matheus Cunha from Wolves in a £62.5 million deal, while also working on a move to bring Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo to Old Trafford to add more firepower in attack.
Amorim is exploring the market for new additions
The Portuguese manager is expected to sign more players in other positions this summer in order to improve the standards at the club and to add depth and quality to the squad that finished 15th in the Premier League last season.
One of the key discussions during the early summer planning revolved around Onana’s future, with Amorim and his recruitment team initially keen on signing a new goalkeeper capable of becoming United’s number one heading into the new season.
The club assessed potential replacements, with players like Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez being linked with a move to Old Trafford.
However, Amorim has made a significant shift in his stance regarding the goalkeeper position now.
Andre Onana is set to remain at Man United
The Portuguese manager is now prepared to keep Onana as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper, recognising the challenges of securing an upgrade and the difficulty of moving Onana on during this window.
While Amorim remains keen on adding competition to the goalkeeping department to push Onana and ensure higher standards, he has accepted that Onana will likely start the season as United’s No.1.
Onana has endured a difficult time at Old Trafford since joining the club and made some high-profile errors but his ability to play from the back is still valued highly at the club.
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We are making a big mistake if we keep Onana as our number 1 goalkeeper. He lost us many points last season as well as the Europa League Final imo. Players lost confidence in him hence we were very shaky at the backline in important games. We all seen players shaking their heads both on field and on the bench when silly mistakes were made and soft goals scored against us.
The first and most important thing to any good team is to have a top goalkeeper and backline. As Clough always said, a top goalkeeper should win you 12/15 extra points a season. Well it’s quite the opposite with Onana, as proven last season. He just makes mistake after mistake and we have no backup keeper to take his place. We can bring in top players across the pitch, but they will lose faith if Onana is still in goal. Heads will drop once again this season, if we don’t bring in a new keeper like Emi Martinez who controls those in front of him, as well as being the best there is.
this is another massivw mistake by United. Amorim get sacked bu October, i can promise this based how transfer window going so far. almost 50%time gone and 1 poor sigming and 0 outgoings made by club which need to do the most transsfers doing nothing. United is on holiday