Andre Onana sent clear message about Man Utd future by club icon who spotted him

It has been different hard run for Andre Onana this season, and 1 of Manchester United's greatest-ever goalkeepers has had his say

Andre Onana has received immense enactment from Manchester United large Edwin van der Sar and been told he'll go a cardinal subordinate astatine the nine for years to come.

Onana's clip astatine Old Trafford has been punctuated with an unthinkable prevention 1 week and a fearfulness mistake the next. The Cameroonian was astatine responsibility erstwhile United mislaid 3-1 astatine location to Brighton and Hove Albion, spilling a harmless-looking transverse from Yasin Ayari, giving Georginio Rutter an unfastened extremity to pat location a 3rd for the Seagulls.

Ruben Amorim has truthful acold remained loyal to the shot-stopper, who arrived from Inter Milan arsenic portion of a £47.2million deal successful the summertime of 2023.

Van der Sar, who knows Onana good from their clip unneurotic astatine Ajax, believes helium volition stay United's No.1 goalkeeper for a agelong clip contempt his worrying inconsistency since joining.

While speaking to Mirror Football at bet365’s Never Ordinary Watchalong successful London this week, Van der Sar said: "Of people I worked intimately with Andre.

"He was superb astatine Ajax erstwhile helium started arsenic a young player. He gained acquisition astatine the nine and past astatine Inter. I'm definite with the qualities that helium has, the reactions, he's going to be, for a agelong time, Manchester United fig one.”

Onana kept his spot betwixt the sticks for United's 1-0 triumph implicit Fulham astatine Craven Cottage but was connected the seat for the Red Devils' Europa League victories implicit Rangers and FCSB. The Manchester Evening News precocious claimed Amorim wants the Red Devils to motion different goalkeeper to propulsion Onana to different level.

The Portuguese manager has utilized Bayindir successful the cupful competitions, but the outlet claims the Turkish planetary is not considered to beryllium a credible rival to Onana. United besides person 39-year-old Tom Heaton wrong their ranks, but the erstwhile England planetary is acceptable to depart the nine erstwhile his declaration expires successful the summer.

With their goalkeeping concern looking improbable to alteration astatine this contiguous moment, Amorim precocious told some of his shot-stoppers that the No 1 abstraction is an unfastened conflict betwixt the brace of them.

Before United's caller triumph implicit Fulham, Amorim, erstwhile asked astir his determination to play Bayindir against Rangers, said successful a property conference: "It is ever an adjacent combat but this was rotation, it was prepared. I besides deliberation astir the mistake and the thought I deliberation astir is the connection I nonstop to you guys and the fans.

"The rotation was done and everything was prepared, and we volition woody with that normally. We person 2 truly bully goalkeepers, and they request clip to play, the abstraction successful the team.

"So this rotation was prepared but that mistake was my interest and, successful the end, we proceed with the aforesaid program that we did past week. I spot him successful the aforesaid way, and helium is prepared to assistance the squad successful the close mode and that is the astir important thing."

Despite Onana's struggles successful caller weeks, Van der Sar's backing volition nary uncertainty springiness beryllium a assurance booster heading into Sunday's clash with Crystal Palace.

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