{"id":293642,"date":"2023-10-31T19:09:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293642"},"modified":"2023-10-31T19:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:09:16","slug":"man-utd-goalkeeper-andre-onana-planning-drastic-u-turn-which-may-anger-ten-hag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/man-utd-goalkeeper-andre-onana-planning-drastic-u-turn-which-may-anger-ten-hag\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd goalkeeper Andre Onana ‘planning drastic U-turn’ which may anger Ten Hag"},"content":{"rendered":"

Football Digest: Man Utd urged to give Ten Hag time he needs<\/h3>\n

Andre Onana has reportedly decided to compete for Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), despite making a shaky start to his Manchester United career. The goalkeeper was previously expected to skip the tournament and focus on finding his feet at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Erik ten Hag will surely have been keen for the 27-year-old to do just that. A series of high-profile errors have cost United over the first few months of the season, leaving both the manager and his goalkeeper under pressure.<\/p>\n

It emerged earlier this month that Onana was willing to skip the tournament, having quit international football after last year’s World Cup. But a recent return to the Cameroonian set-up has seemingly changed his mind, and the i newspaper claim that Onana has agreed to compete at AFCON in January.<\/p>\n

Doing so could see him miss a whopping seven United matches if Cameroon make a deep run, including four Premier League clashes, two FA Cup ties and a possible Carabao Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n

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Ten Hag is unlikely to be pleased with being forced to call on back-up goalkeeper Altay Bayindir in such circumstances. The Turkey international was recruited during the summer and is yet to make his first-team debut for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n

Onana abandoning his United team-mates in favour of an AFCON campaign may also irk Ten Hag due to the openness with which he has told the stopper to work on ‘stepping up’ his performances.<\/p>\n