{"id":1050683,"date":"2026-06-26T05:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1050683\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:26:31","slug":"ruben-amorim-role-in-latest-manchester-united-transfer-should-not-be-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1050683\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim role in latest Manchester United transfer should not be ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man Utd goalkeeper Andre Onana is on the verge of sealing another loan move away from Old Trafford.\"United<\/p>\n

United look set to offload Onana.<\/p>\n

In reality, Andre Onana’s Manchester United career was over the day his loan move to Trabzonspor was rubber-stamped, but news of a second temporary switch to the Turkish outfit confirms he will not pull on a United shirt again.<\/p>\n

Trabzonspor had been exploring the terms of a move for Onana since the expiration of his loan deal, and it emerged on Thursday night that United<\/a> had agreed yet another temporary exit for the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

The question has always been whether Trabzonspor could afford to cough up a fee to sign Onana<\/a> permanently. While the terms of his latest loan move are unclear, what is clear is that he has no future at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

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    The structure of the deal will soon be revealed, and there’s every chance an obligation to buy clause will be included. While a permanent exit this summer would have been preferred, any deal that ensures his United career is over should be considered a good one.<\/p>\n

    Onana was prepared to report to Carrington for pre-season, but a clean break, as in arranging his exit before the players are called back in a fortnight, is the best outcome for both parties.<\/p>\n

    The 30-year-old has never been seen as a bad egg at United. He is a positive influence and was popular with some of his teammates and staff, but Senne Lammens<\/a> is the first choice and dragging Onana back into the fold when his time at the club is over is utterly pointless.<\/p>\n

    To avoid a loss under the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), United need to sell Onana for around \u00a320million. He was signed from Inter Milan for an initial \u00a343.8m plus a possible \u00a33.4m in add-ons in 2023.<\/p>\n

    Onana won’t be remembered fondly by supporters. He was an erratic performer who was prone to making mistakes, and Lammens has brought a refreshing stability to the backline in comparison.<\/p>\n

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    Onana pictured against Grimsby in August.<\/p>\n

    It’s amusing to look back at Onana’s first appearance for United, which came in a pre-season friendly against Borussia Dortmund in the USA, because he furiously ranted at Harry Maguire when a slack pass from the defender gifted the Germans a decent opportunity.<\/p>\n

    Maguire kept his cool while he was berated. The centre-back’s stock was low at that point, but he got his head down, did his talking on the pitch and has enjoyed a renaissance at United as a result.<\/p>\n

    It was ironic that Onana berated Maguire for making a mistake in pre-season before going on to commit plenty of errors himself. He was the opposite of Maguire, talking a big game but failing to deliver on the pitch.<\/p>\n

    David de Gea left big shoes to fill when he left United in 2023. United believed Onana had the quality to have a transformational impact on the team due to his ability with the ball at his feet, but the goalkeeper who sparkled in the 2022 Champions League final never arrived.<\/p>\n

    It says a lot about Onana that he arrived at the club with a reputation for outstanding distribution, but he will leave this summer having looked like that area of his game was not a strength.<\/p>\n

    Onana may have been able to offset his shortcomings in other areas as a goalkeeper had his distribution been outstanding. Instead, he was ropey with the ball at his feet and error-strewn.<\/p>\n

    He prepared for last season under the assumption he would remain at Old Trafford, but Ruben Amorim abruptly axed him from his starting team, and a joint decision was made to send him on loan to Turkey.<\/p>\n

    Omar Berrada recently praised Amorim for helping to “raise standards” in the dressing room. Amorim achieved that by not ducking out of big decisions and moving on some big-name players last summer.<\/p>\n

    The easy option would have been to continue with Onana last season. Most felt other areas of the squad could be prioritised and signing a new goalkeeper could be kicked down the road, but Amorim saw it differently.<\/p>\n

    United probably wouldn’t have finished third in the Premier League with Onana starting each game. He will not be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd goalkeeper Andre Onana is on the verge of sealing another loan move away from Old Trafford.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1050684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[8000,748,393,4884,2465,423,16,15],"class_list":["post-1050683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-andre-onana","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116814753786264640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1050684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}