Andre Onana helps Manchester United land African star

Advertisements

Onana has struggled to provide confidence between the sticks, being United’s first-choice goalkeeper for their two worst season of the Premier League era.

This season, his questionable and problematic performances led him to lead the list of Premier League goalkeepers in number of mistakes made directly resulting in a goal being conceded.

As such, his future at Old Trafford has been on the rocks for some time now, with the likes of Emiliano Martinez of Aston Villa being linked as his successor.

However, he has played a key role of late in being a lure for one of United’s upcoming signings.

Manchester Evening News has reported that Onana has been advising his fellow countryman Bryan Mbeumo to move to Old Trafford.

The pair represent Cameroon together, and are currently second in Group D for the Africa Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

However, the pair weren’t on duty for Cameroon’s international friendlies earlier this month as the African side faced Uganda and Equatorial Guinea.

It’s understood that Andre Onana has been using his links with the attacker to help coax Mbeumo to join United and secure their second major signing of the summer.

Whilst personal terms have reportedly been agreed between Manchester United and Bryan Mbeumo, a deal remains to be made with Brentford over his transfer fee.

The Red Devils had their first bid of £55 million rejected by Brentford with a second of £60 million reportedly being on the table.

However, Tottenham Hotspur have made a move to hijack the deal, offering £70 million to try and steal the talented attacker and bring him to Spurs alongside former Brentford manager Thomas Frank.

Thankfully for United, despite Spurs’ last minute attempts, Mbeumo is still setting his heart on a move to the Theatre of Dreams.

About The Author

Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

See author's posts