{"id":625034,"date":"2023-07-09T08:12:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T12:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625034"},"modified":"2023-07-09T08:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T12:19:11","slug":"manchester-united-really-close-signing-andre-onana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/09\/manchester-united-really-close-signing-andre-onana\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Really Close\u2019: Manchester United Close to Signing \u2018Exceptional\u2018 Star &#8211; Personal Terms Agreed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to a report from\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/caughtoffside.substack.com\/p\/excl-psg-stars-complain-about-mbappe#%C2%A7manchester-united-close-on-andre-onana-plus-the-latest-on-david-de-gea-striker-signings-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Manchester United have moved forward in their pursuit of Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/manchester_united&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Red Devils \u2018Really Close\u2018 to Signing \u2018Exceptional\u2018 Andre Onana<\/h2>\n<h3>Agreement in Place for Onana Transfer to Be Completed Next Week<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The report from Romano states that Manchester United are close to announcing the signing of Onana from Inter Milan. The update confirms that the transfer should be confirmed by the end of next week. A previous update from Romano confirmed the Cameroon international has agreed\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1677362775922810896\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">personal terms with the Red Devils<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The final bid is expected to arrive next week, with United wanting Onana to travel for the club&#8217;s preseason tour of America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/08\/manchester-united-streamline-squad-selling-harry-maguire\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Looking To Sell Four Players Including \u2018Exceptional Talent\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Romano has also confirmed recently that Manchester United are not looking at any other options to replace David de Gea, with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1677965387839799300\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik <\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ten Hag only wanting Onana<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Last Word on Football<\/em>\u2018s prediction of how Manchester United will line up next season in Erik ten Hag\u2019s second campaign at Old Trafford:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Manchester United Will Line Up Under Erik ten Hag Next Season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gxysc8j5UJo?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Ten Hag Wants a New Number One Goalkeeper<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/12903665\/david-de-gea-leaves-man-utd-spain-international-goalkeeper-announces-exit-after-failing-to-agree-new-deal\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David de Geas&#8217;s departure<\/a> from Manchester United has now been confirmed. After making 545 appearances for the Red Devils, since he joined in 2011, the Spanish international has failed to agree a new deal and has now left the club.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4635022\/2023\/07\/01\/manchester-united-transfers-goalkeepers-onana-costa-raya\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ten Hag desires a ball-playing goalkeeper<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to help implement his long-term philosophy, which has led the Dutch manager to desire Onana who has previously been described as &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/football\/news-pep-guardiola-heaps-praise-chelsea-target-manchester-city-s-ucl-victory\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">exceptional<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mFD2cCHfTM51-0Y0XtmBog\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1498321037\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'mFD2cCHfTM51-0Y0XtmBog',sig:'qWA5GW5c5JGSyEeNA9gKYQB4cm3lo8HGSFBxPLqDGAU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1498321037',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Qualities Andre Onana Brings to Old Trafford<\/h3>\n<p>Onana is known as an exceptional ball-playing goalkeeper, in stark contrast to the recently departed De Gea. The Cameroonian goalkeeper is remarkably comfortable with the ball at his feet and rarely looks flustered in possession, making him a vital weapon in helping Ten Hag implement his philosophy of playing out from the back, should they complete the deal for the Inter Milan goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/07\/manchester-united-rasmus-hojlund\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Plan Move for \u2018Extraordinary\u2019 \u00a350 Million Ace<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag has made a bold choice in replacing De Gea after 12 seasons at Old Trafford. He has identified Onana as his clear preference to be number one, and it seems he is &#8220;really close&#8221; to obtaining his target.<\/p>\n<p>Main image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2mj4DL1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report from\u00a0Fabrizio Romano, Manchester United have moved forward in their pursuit of Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana. [metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/manchester_united&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;] Red Devils \u2018Really Close\u2018 to Signing \u2018Exceptional\u2018 Andre Onana Agreement in Place for Onana Transfer to Be Completed Next Week The report from Romano states that Manchester United are close to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":624685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8438,18,7188,5],"tags":[4323,7380],"class_list":["post-625034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-inter-milan","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","category-serie-a","tag-andre-onana","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}