Andre Onana spoke about his upcoming move to Man United and praised Erik ten Hag.
Andre Onana has said Manchester United are an “irresistible” club ahead of his upcoming move and he is looking forward to teaming up again with Erik ten Hag.
United are closing in on making Onana their new number 1 goalkeeper to replace David de Gea. A €55m (£47.2m) deal has been agreed with Inter Milan after Ten Hag quickly made the Cameroonian his main target.
The timing of his medical has not yet been confirmed, but the club are aiming to have him join the squad on their US tour as soon as possible. Onana only joined Inter on a free transfer last summer and admits he would have liked to stay at San Siro, but couldn’t turn down a new challenge at Old Trafford.
“The most important thing is to be honest and always tell people the truth. I am a person who always wants new challenges – he told Gazzetta dello Sport via SportWitness – Playing in the Premier League and for a club like United is irresistible.
“All sides wanted this to happen. But the point is that if I had stayed I would have been happy because I never had any problems at Inter.
“Pride and sadness. You don’t know how much I would have loved to bring the [Champions League] trophy to Milan to celebrate with our people.”
“We were close, we deserved it: we played heads against City, only the details were missing, but this is football… Personally, I hope to win the Champions League with United, but I also hope that Inter can play one more game”. final and win it.
The move will reunite Onana with former manager Ten Hag for whom he made 145 appearances for Ajax and he admits it is one aspect of the transfer he finds exciting.
“Now I really want to start this new experience, exciting and with a coach who is a master for me,” he added. “I will go to a big league and a big club, which, like Inter, has a big history: I will start from scratch and give everything every day to show new fans who I am.”
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