INTER MILAN are monitoring Andre Onana’s situation at Manchester United, as speculation grows over the goalkeeper’s future.
Onana didn’t feature in the squad for Sunday’s opening day home defeat against Arsenal.
GettyInter Milan are monitoring Andre Onana’s situation at Man Utd[/caption]
After the game Ruben Amorim insisted the player wasn’t dropped but that had been omitted due to his injury issues that prevented him from being a part of United pre-season games.
But that hasn’t stopped speculation about his future, which started at the end of the last campaign due to Onana’s indifferent form.
Now SunSport can reveal his former club Inter are interested in re-signing a player who was a massive success in Italy.
Onana, 29, also remains a cult-hero among Inter supporters after helping them reach the 2023 Champions League final, which they lost to Manchester City.
And Inter chiefs believe Onana – who joined United after that defeat in Istanbul in a £47million deal – would be open-minded to a return to the San Siro.
Inter replace Onana with Yann Sommer who also impressed in the Italians’ run to last year’s Champions League final, in which they were smashed by Paris Saint-Germain.
Boss Simone Inzaghe quit to join Saudi side Al Hilal after the mauling, and replacement Christian Chivu is understood to be keen to bring in a new No 1.
Inter and Royal Antwerp are both reportedly in talks for goalkeeper Senne Lammens – who is also a target of United.
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But, if Onana now becomes available, Inter could move for the Cameroonian instead.
United meanwhile are also looking to the past to solve their current goalkeeping woes, which were cruelly exposed against Arsenal.
GettyAltay Bayindir flapped at a Declan Rice corner to give up the only goal in Man Utd’s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal on Sunday[/caption]
What did we learn about Man Utd in Arsenal defeat?
MANCHESTER UNITED have splashed the cash this summer but that couldn’t prevent an opening day home loss to Arsenal.
Here are SunSport Manchester United reporter Martin Blackburn‘s key takeaways from the narrow 1-0 defeat vs the Gunners.
No 1 ISSUE
UNITED have been linked with Gianluigi Donnarumma and David de Gea in recent weeks, and surely they will sign a keeper before the window shuts.
Ruben Amorim has faith in Andre Onana — even if a lot of the fans do not — but he did not consider him ready to start here.
The Cameroonian has missed the whole of pre-season with a hamstring injury. So Altay Bayindir, who has played throughout the build-up to the season, got the nod — and ended up costing his team the game.
He should have been stronger under pressure from William Saliba and flapped a corner on to the head of Riccardo Calafiori.
Bayindir has had problems with set-pieces before.
Amorim and sporting director Jason Wilcox have two weeks to come up with a solution before the end of the transfer window.
NO GOALS — AGAIN
UNITED mustered just 44 goals in the Prem last season — and here they were starting with a blank again.
The Red Devils have spent £200million sprucing up their forward line this summer, and there were encouraging signs from Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha.
But new £74m centre-forward Benjamin Sesko stayed on the bench until the 65th minute.
On a couple of occasions before then there were crosses into the box but nobody there to put them away.
Amorim said on Friday he believes Sesko can be United’s No 9 for many years to come — and that is why they spent so heavily on him.
So it seemed a strange call to leave him on the bench for so long. Clearly the fans agreed as he was given a huge ovation when he arrived.
A couple of late half-chances went begging but the Slovenian did enough to show he will be a threat.
MIDFIELD STILL AN ISSUE
UNITED have abandoned their bid to land Carlos Baleba at least until next summer because of Brighton’s asking price.
There is an interest in Sporting’s Morten Hjulmand, while United are one of several clubs who admire Adam Wharton of Crystal Palace.
But there is a chance they will not sign another outfield player, and fans will be worried about the options in midfield.
Casemiro was excellent in Europe last season but did not have the same impact in Prem matches, while we are still waiting to see the best of Manuel Ugarte.
United are going to be more exciting to watch this season — that is clear already — but will they still have a soft centre?
SunSport revealed United are tracking David De Gea, who remains a firm favourite at Old Trafford despite being let go for free two years ago.
United supporters vented their fury at goalkeeper Altay Bayindir after his gaffe allowed Arsenal to take an early lead at Old Trafford.
Bayindir was handed a start in United’s Premier League curtain raiser on Sunday, but he found himself picking the ball out of his net in just the 13th minute after making a horror mistake.
A corner delivered by Declan Rice from the right dropped underneath Bayindir’s crossbar, and his weak attempt to fist clear instead saw the ball drop behind him, allowing the unmarked Riccardo Calafiori to tap into the empty net.
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