Andre Onana left the World Cup after objecting to long kicks, had a nine-month drug suspension, and ALREADY had a falling out with Ten Hag. However, the controversial goalkeeper could change Manchester United.
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| Photo showing Andre Onana and De Gea |
Andre Onana might change Manchester United forever if he joins the team.
It's not often that a goalkeeper is described in such a way, but the Cameroonian, who United hopes to acquire from Inter Milan for approximately £43 million, may elevate Erik ten Hag's squad to new heights. Given that they worked together for four and a half years at Ajax, Onana, 27, is very well known to United's boss, but it's fair to say things weren't always easy between them.
According to reports, However, it's obvious that Ten Hag wants Onana to take David de Gea's place as United's starting goalkeeper, and this gives us plenty of hints about the style of play the Dutchman wants his squad to adopt moving ahead.
Onana's style is in many aspects completely different from De Gea's.
However, it's obvious that Ten Hag wants Onana to take David de Gea's place as United's starting goalkeeper, and this gives us plenty of hints about the style of play the Dutchman wants his squad to adopt moving ahead.
Onana's style is in many aspects completely different from De Gea's.
De Gea had well-publicized mistakes against Brentford, West Ham, and Sevilla before being blamed for Manchester City's victorious goal by Ilkay Gundogan in the FA Cup final. while he had the ball, he frequently appeared timid and was only capable of making the simplest of short passes, generally to Lisandro Martinez while the Argentine was on the field.
But Onana is completely at ease with the ball in his feet and has a varied range of passing that any outfield player would be proud of, as he demonstrated in front of a large audience in Inter's Champions League final loss to City last month. Those who regularly watch Serie A were aware of this. According to FBref, Onana completed 224 of his attempts at short passes and 98% of his attempts at medium-range passes during league games last season.
54.7 percent of the pinged long balls that were aimed at Inter's forwards were successful. Onana completed 81.3 percent of the 1030 passes he tried overall. He replaced Samir Handanovic as Inter's first choice last season as a result of this, playing every minute of their Champions League run.
In his 38 Premier League appearances last season, De Gea completed passes at a rate of 71.1 percent and attempted long balls at a rate of 43.6 percent. Therefore, Onana clearly has the upper hand in terms of dissemination. Ten Hag places a lot of emphasis on having game control, which comes from having the ball in your hands. Last season, United didn't exert the needed control nearly frequently enough, particularly when playing harder opponents away from home.
However, his United team is still a work in progress, and Onana will lead them. In fact, rather literally, since he frequently prefers to initiate plays from a position farther forward than the other two center halves. Onana, a sweeper-keeper, will take more chances and move United's default position 10–20 yards further forward than De Gea, who was devoted to his goalline.
We might grow accustomed to seeing the goalkeeper dribble the ball past Martinez and Raphael Varane to the edge of midfield before throwing a diagonal pass to Luke Shaw or Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who will be encouraged to advance. Onana might try an even longer pass to Marcus Rashford, Antony, Jadon Sancho, or any striker they decide to acquire if they are being marked in order to get United attacking even faster.
Romelu Lukaku, Edin Dzeko, and Lautaro Martinez are all skilled ball-holders for Inter, therefore Onana's passes to them directly became an effective tool, according to reports.
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