After United sign Onana and Gerrard gets asked again about him: "Horrible keeper, not good enough for PL."
André Onana | signed for United | On a flight to NYC
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Plus a million pound bonus if he wins AFCON.
My tent is fully pitched.
I don't think that's true.
I only remember him making late saves in the WHU game at home. The defence did very well limiting the opponents to very few shots on target, especially after going ahead.
Cool story, but stats say he is a better shot stopper than current De Gea by a healthy margin, so we will be fine.
Number 10? Does that mean Rashford will get number 9?
Yes yes, but we'll be losing him for 9 months every season due to him playing in the AFCON
There are way too many salty De Gea stans in here
Worried about this signing, he isn't as good of a shotstopper as DDG and DDG also knew the league well. So Onana needs time to settle in, think it could take him like 2 seasons to adjust and at this point he will be almost 30. And when you hit 30 your body naturally declines, so we won't ever get the best out of Onana.
Should have signed him on a free last season.
Should have signed him on a free last season.
He'll be fine, he's had some good practice playing against the poverty players that are in the Champions League.
Haha. TWO SEASONS to adjust?? Please, he's not Sancho. And 27 (or even 30) is no age for a keeper.
He'll be great and transform us. Can't wait! Great signing!
Today's the day! I reckon in an hour
haha. Well played
Took him 5 minutes to adjust to Serie A mind, and less than that to adjust to his new CL side.
I just can't get excited about this at all.
Hope he proves me wrong though!
Hope he proves me wrong though!
Why didnt we get him earlier when he was free?
Whooooosh
worried about his fee when we could have had him for free 2 years ago when we weren’t in the market for a keeper and also about his weekly trips to AFCON
We wont turn back and suddenly he wont have a resell value anymore.
Pretty much like DDG then. His first season or so, he couldn't even claim a cross without dropping it. GK also tend to have much more longevity at the top than outfield players so I wouldn't worry about that. The question is about commitment and professionalism.
Still, for the money paid I think it's a good deal for us.
Its hard to get a read on Who is taking piss and who is actually serious in this Thread .
Me too. Hot weather is unpleasant.
Make it make sense.
Good keeper, but he has a full time job already, organising the AFCON competition.
Why are we paying 43 million in pounds as well, we could just have sent them the same amount in euros, they don't use pounds over there ffs.
Our negotiating team never learns.
Why are we paying 43 million in pounds as well, we could just have sent them the same amount in euros, they don't use pounds over there ffs.
Our negotiating team never learns.
You like De Gea?
It does make sense.
I'm worried about the singing but if we was always going to sign Onana, why not sign him last season on a free? Would have potentially settled in by now.
Please educate yourself.
No. Why does everything have to be painted as battle between 'fanboys'? Like you can't hold an opinion unless you have a specific agenda. It's tedious as feck
Why are we wasting £50m on this guy when we could have bought Caicedo for half that two years ago?
Not to mention funding Chelsea's move for Caicedo.
I worry about singing too especially as I'm tone deaf.
Woodward and Judge were still around then.
We signed this guy yet or what?
As soon as he comes back from his free drug test at AFCON that started last summer.
cool, that’s what I thought.
At this point, safe to assume that everyone is taking the piss and no one is actually serious. I mean, what’s there to be serious about.
I'm worried that we are paying a fee when we could have stolen him from his parents when he was a baby. Severe oversight from the club. Not the first time either.
Of course, this is not a simple question of shot stopping. Those late saves Dave made were appreciated. But:
How many of the those saves would not have been made by the average top level keeper?
How many of those saves would Onana have actually had to make if he was in nets? These late bouts of pressure we always seem to come under are linked to our lack of quality in possession, particularly at the keeper’s feet.
What's with the AFCON mentions 
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