After a perfect period with Ten Hag, Ajax, Manchester United must move quickly to include Andre Onana

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Inter goalkeeper Andre Onana played a big role in Eric Ten Hag's team success at Ajax, and could also transform Manchester United if they succeed in signing him

David De Gea is a servant and at Manchester United for years on end, and one of the club's best guards, there is no doubt about it.

But Manchester United, led by Ten Hag, are seeking to look ahead, improve their goalkeeping position, after a disappointing season of De Gea.

After the final of Champions League , Inter goalkeeper Andre Onana gave a great lesson in control and distribution of the ball under pressure. If Manchester United want to take advantage of all the progress they have made under Ten Hag, they must move on, signing the Cameroonian first-choice goalkeeper.

Fixed in major matches

Although Unana lost the game and the title at the end, he gave a lot on the final arrival journey, until the end of the last game. This led Guardiola to describe him as an "exceptional goalkeeper in building play."

Pep said: "Guard Onana makes it very difficult to attack him with high pressure. He is a professional at keeping the ball ".

Passes the ball as a quarterback
Onana appeared in the final, just as Guardiola had predicted.

At the end of the first half, Onana faced five City players, moving the ball neatly straight to Marcelo Prozovic, as did a world defensive midfielder.

Short passing under pressure is not the only quality of Onana, for 90 minutes he performed superior to Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson, who was earlier considered one of the best goalkeepers capable of playing with the ball in the world, in passing and dribbling.

Key Tin Hag in his Ajax tenure

Unana was Ten Hag's first-choice goalkeeper for most of his time at Ajax, and during their tenure together, they won three Eredivisie titles, reaching the Champions League semi-finals, outscoring Real Madrid and Juventus, before being wiped out in agonising fashion by Spurs.

Unana became a key factor in Ajax's success under Ten Hag.

But he was forced to be sidelined for nine months between 2021 and 2022 because of the doping penalty, having mistakenly taken a prohibited medical substance in the sports field, thinking he was paracetamol. But once he got permission to play again, Tin Haag gradually returned him to the team, defending him from criticism on his first return, and calling him a "skilled guard."

Helps play with Ten Hag plan

Ajax played under Ten Hag with a style of playing football, very different from his Manchester United team, and one of the main differences is that the coach owned Unana in Amsterdam, while he has De Gea in Manchester.

Ten Hag continued to defend De Gea, throughout the season, after a performance of forgetting.

After the final defeat to City, when asked specifically about De Gea's ability to play with the ball, he said: "Say it that way, we're in the right direction. But there are occasions in the game, and issues in the game that we must certainly improve, if we are to make the next progress and win tournaments. "

Onana's signing could be the key to Ten Hag's achievement of those tournaments, and he would also be able to return to play with his old Ajax teammate, Lesandro Martinez, who missed United in the final two months of the season after suffering a broken foot.

Better and less expensive than others
The cost of annexing Onana to Manchester United is about £50m, which is a significant sum for the club, which also aims to include a world-class striker and central midfielder, after disbursing large sums last summer.

But compared to other candidates, who can compensate De Gea, Inter's fees for a player of Unana's quality at age 27 seem reasonable.

Jordan Pickford, David Raya and Mike Minyan are distinguished goalkeepers, but their clubs demand enormous sums.

Unana has an added advantage over the rest of the candidates, having withdrawn from Cameroon after falling out with coach Rigobert Song during the 2022 World Cup, meaning he can focus 100% on football with his club, while his teammates join their country's teams around the world.

It's time to sign him.

For 12 years with De Gea as a basic, they did not offer him a suitable competitor to compete with.

Now that De Gea has exhausted his tenure with the club, they need to make another high-profile signing, planning for the next four or five years, as Manchester City did when they included Ederson in 2017, and Liverpool when they included Alisson in 2018.

Onana has all the skills a modern goalkeeper needs, and with Inter's proximity to winning the Champions League, he has proven to have the strong personality to succeed globally.