{"id":144165,"date":"2025-05-30T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/144165\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:09:13","slug":"andre-onana-shortlisted-twice-for-prestigious-premier-league-award-never-won-by-a-man-utd-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/144165\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Onana shortlisted twice for prestigious Premier League award never won by a Man Utd goalkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>After a second season at Manchester United that raised more questions than answers, Andre Onana has still managed to be shortlisted for a prestigious Premier League award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a turbulent campaign for all concerned at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a>. The Red Devils finished 15th in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> and reached the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/europa-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europa League<\/a> final before losing to Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024\/25 campaign also brought managerial change to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/old-trafford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/manchester-united-sack-erik-ten-hag-as-first-team-manager-as-club-release-official-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erik ten Hag was dismissed<\/a> in October, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> was appointed as his successor in November.<\/p>\n<p>United continued to struggle as results worsened, though Amorim warned a storm would come after coming away from his first three games as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United head coach<\/a> with two wins and a draw.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ineos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ineos<\/a> are expected to have a busy summer to rebuild <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/manchester-united-squad-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United\u2019s first team<\/a> for future success under Amorim. That means many players face uncertain futures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/manchester-united-fans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United fans<\/a> should be happy to hear that, given the performances they\u2019ve had to endure in the league over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2210844866-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty Images\" \/>Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesAndre Onana nominated twice for Premier League Save of the Season<\/p>\n<p>One player under the microscope at United due to under-par performances is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/andre-onana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andre Onana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Cameroon international committed far too many errors leading to goals in his first season at the club, raising question marks over his future at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Onana completed a \u00a347.2m move to United from Inter Milan on a five-year deal back in 2023. That means the goalkeeper has three years left to run on his current contract.<\/p>\n<p>However, to shine some positivity on Onana\u2019s second season, which started brightly, he has been nominated twice for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/awards\/save-of-the-season\/2024-25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League Save of the Season<\/a> award.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 saves across the campaign have been put forward for the award, with Onana being one of three goalkeepers with two nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s David Raya and Bournemouth\u2019s Kepa Arrizabalaga were also nominated twice.<\/p>\n<p>The first of Onana\u2019s stand-out saves came in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-we-learned-from-manchester-uniteds-draw-against-crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United\u2019s 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace<\/a> when he pulled off an incredible double save to deny Eddie Nketiah and Ismaila Sarr. It rightly won the Premier League\u2019s Save of the Month for September.<\/p>\n<p>Onana won that award again in November after denying United transfer target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/liam-delap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liam Delap<\/a> following a one-on-one attempt at Portman Road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premier League Save of the Season shortlist 2024\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>David Raya (Arsenal) v Aston Villa \u2013 August <\/li>\n<li>Andre Onana (United) v Crystal Palace \u2013 September <\/li>\n<li>Robert Sanchez (Chelsea) v Nottingham Forest \u2013 October <\/li>\n<li>Andre Onana (United) v Ipswich \u2013 November <\/li>\n<li>Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) v Nottingham Forest \u2013 December<\/li>\n<li>Martin Dubravka (Newcastle) v Wolves \u2013 January <\/li>\n<li>Kepa Arrizabalaga (Bournemouth) v Wolves \u2013 February<\/li>\n<li>David Raya (Arsenal) v United \u2013 March<\/li>\n<li>Guglielmo Vicario (Spurs) v Chelsea \u2013 April<\/li>\n<li>Kepa Arrizabalaga (Bournemouth) v Aston Villa \u2013 May<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Onana could make history<\/p>\n<p>If Onana wins the Premier League Save of the Season, he will make history by becoming the first United goalkeeper to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Although the award has only been part of the top flight\u2019s annual accolade haul since the 2021\/22 season, it would still be an honour for Onana to win it.<\/p>\n<p>There have been many top saves in the Premier League this season, including Onana\u2019s pair nominated for the award, but he faces stiff competition to come out on top.<\/p>\n<p>If the prize existed before 2021\/22, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/david-de-gea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David de Gea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/edwin-van-der-sar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edwin van der Sar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/peter-schmeichel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Schmeichel<\/a> would have been winners multiple times.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a second season at Manchester United that raised more questions than answers, Andre Onana has still managed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[8000,94,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-144165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-andre-onana","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-premier-league","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114596948785392655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144165","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=144165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}