MANCHESTER UNITED ERIK TEN HAG REBUILD CONTINUES AS THE 2023 SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW UNRAVELS- The New Era Of Goal Keeping From David De Gea To Andre Onana (Part 5)
Andre Onana and Rasmus Hojlund.
Two of the biggest deals Manchester United Intended to pull off in the 2023 summer transfer window.
As of the middle of July 2023, the status of these two deals remained that one of the deals, in this case, the deal regarding Andre Onana, has been completed by Manchester United Executives with Andre Onana revealed as the new starting goalkeeper for Erik ten Hags' team the middle of July 2023. After Manchester United and Inter Milan had reached an agreement for the transfer with the financial package received by Inter Milan for the transfer understood to have revolved around a £60 million payment presented in the form of an initial £55 million payment plus an extra £5 million installment payment to be made to Inter Milan.
The installment payment is set to be made to Inter Milan over the next year with added bonuses to be added to be payment if Manchester United is to win the Champions League or if Manchester United men's team is to lift the Premier League with Andre Onana as the starting goalkeeper for Manchester United.
Where does Manchester United stand in terms of completing these two deals?
As indicated above, the acquisition of Andre Onana which saw the Cameroonian goalkeeper move from Inter Milan Italy to Manchester United, England has already been signed, sealed, and delivered, with both clubs, Manchester United and internal, understood to be very pleased with the transaction. Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hags’ interest in Andre Onana is understood to have originally been rooted in the concept of both Erik Ten Hag and Andre Onana having worked together on previous instances with their careers in Ajax understood to have established a professional relationship between Erik ten Hag and Andere Onana where both parties grew a level of familiarity and trust with each other to get the job done.
Andre Onanas’ understood ability to play the role of a sweep keeper, which allows the defense, particularly the fullbacks To add energy and presence to the Manchester United attack Is confirmed to be just one of the abilities held by the Cameroonian goalkeeper which led to Erik ten Hag insisting that the services of the goalkeeper be acquired. at Manchester United.
Also, with the ability to deliver an accurate long pass which tends to initiate an attack or a counterattack from Manchester United, allowing the striker to hold up the ball to Invite the presence of the Manchester United central midfielders and the Manchester United wingers
With the presence of the Manchester United full-backs who are understood to have been given license to make their way forward when Manchester United is on the attack to add extra outlets to the Manchester United attack, the presence of an elite shot-stopper whom has the ability to operate with his feet in terms of clearing the ball and stopping the ball from entering the goal post.
But most important, the drama, and the presence of whom can operate by himself as an elite shot-stopper on a 75% and above performance rate are all understood to be one of the more dominant attributes led to Erik ten Hag insisted that the services of Andre Onana be secured by Manchester United despite the Manchester United board having listed a good portion of other candidates such as Diego Costa of FC Porto and David Raya who remains a Bournemouth as of early August 2023.
Inter Milan is understood to be a club that had highly anticipated the departure of Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Omana, despite the Italian club executive having emerged to have hoped to retain the services of the Cameroonian goalkeeper with an anticipated contract conversation hoped to be triggered by the Inter Milan executives between Inter Milan and Andre Onana emerging towards the end of the 2022/23 season.
However, despite the level of. elite accolades and despite the level of progress generated between Andre Onana and Inter Milan, revelations have been provided that the Cameroonian goalkeeper found the exciting prospect of not only reuniting with his former manager Erik ten Hag But the opportunity to play for a big club Manchester United A massive opportunity, too big to resist. With no disrespect shown to Inter Milan as Inter Milan themselves have risen to the ranks of elite status in the world of football over the past few decades- However, the opportunity to play for Manchester United added to the bonus of reuniting with Andre Onanas’ former Ajax protege manager Erik ten Hag was simply was an opportunity which Andre Onana, found impossible to turn down.
From what’s understood., the ability of Andre Onana to push for the Manchester United move, coupled with the ability of Erik Ten Hag to push the Manchester United executives to secure the services of the Cameroonian Goalkeeper following the departure of Manchester United's previous long-serving goalkeeper David de Gea was understood to be the key factors which the Manchester United men's team goalkeeper sector to resolved into what is now categorized as the new era of goalkeeping in the Manchester United's’ Erik ten Hag managerial era
Sticking with the topic of Erik Ten Hags' goalkeeper sector, let's further address the Andre Onana conversation In terms of Manchester United's acquisition of the Cameroonian goalkeeper during the 2023 summer transfer window. But even addressing the Andre Onana deal also has a few other topics concerning the goalkeeper situation within Erik Ten Hag's team all of which unraveled over the past two years. The topic of course remains the topic of the recent departure of long-term serving goalkeeper David.de Gea.
Presenting the realistic concept that the departure of long-serving Spanish shot-stopper David. De Gea from Manchester United this 2023 summer transfer window created controversy as well as created led to major heart bricks within the Manchester United circle that Is certainly an understatement. Because David de Gea had been a 10 yearlong serving exceptional Goalkeeper at Manchester United Football Club for a large portion of his career at the football club David de Gea during his time as a Manchester United goalkeeper won multiple accolades in the goalkeeper department.
Furthermore, David. de Gea's’ time as a Manchester United player Manchester United won a handful of trophies with the Spanish shot-stopper operating between the goalpost certainly led to.no surprise attached to the revelation of a noticeable level of disappointment having existed within the Manchester United circle when the departure of David De Gea finally unraveled at Manchester United during the 2023 summer transfer window.
Subsequently. regarding the departure of David. De Gea, a substantial level of complicated feelings about the now completed departure of David de Gea from Manchester United has made way for the completed transition of new Manchester United men's team goalkeeper Andre Onana with various complicated Emotions regarding the goalkeeper department in Erik ten Hag team Understood to have been very much existent within the Manchester United circle over the past one or two months.
However, the main focus of the conversation has been how Manchester United successfully went from respectfully transitioning the presence of a long seven popular goalkeeper David de Dea out of Manchester United For the now completed entrance of an arguably, equally, top quality goalkeeper in Andre Onana.
Tracing all the way back to March 2023, the understanding of the conversation which had existed between Manchester United executives and David.de Gea had been one of a firmly established, agreed standpoint between both parties in this case Manchester United and David de Gea that Both parties had arrived at an initial standpoint.
A standpoint that originally was that Manchester United and. Dea de Gea were both happy to see the Spanish shot-stopper continue as a rotational option in the goalkeeper department for another two years at least with a third-year option understood to have been implemented into the new contract which had been presented to David de Gea. But with the departure of David de Gea from Manchester United which is now completed, the question which has surrounded Old Trafford for the better part of the few weeks was the question of how Manchester United got to the point of allowing a decorated goalkeeper who had been a part of the heart and soul of the full of players to inject some form of stability into the continuous restructuring taking place within The Manchester United men's team for over the past decade walked out of the football club?
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We will get to the financial aspect of the situation relating to how the Spanish goalkeeper left for free, the bigger issue understood to have been talked about around Manchester United is how Manchester United led the goalkeeper, who had been a terrific servant of Manchester United Football club for a decade or more walk away for free especially when there was concrete understanding that the goalkeeper intended to continue his career at Manchester United.?
The simple answers are that Manchester United executives and David de Gea simply could not land a financial valuation that suited both parties. The second understood reason for the departure of the Spanish goalkeeper comes down to the decision of Erik ten Hag to Implement his preference of having a more modern goalkeeper who could not only deliver the expected attributes of stopping the ball with both his hands and feet- but the inability to operate accurately in terms of delivering accurate long kick-outs and in terms of stopping the ball with his feet was understood to be an issue which David de Gea simply could not overcome during his time at Manchester United-
Also, Erik Ten Hags’ preference to have a modern goalkeeper who can deliver accurate long kicks to trigger the attack on Manchester United and get the Erik Ten Hag system effectively rolling had been the deciding factor that put an end to the era of David de Gea at Manchester United. these revealed circumstances have subsequently made way for the new era of Andre Onana as the new leading goalkeeper for the Manchester United men's team with the Cameroonian goalkeeper understood to have been established as the new leading goalkeeper within the Manchester United men's team on a five year plus a one-year extension £56 million contract with Manchester United ...
Back in April 2023., Manchester United executives had made the conscious decision of choosing not to trigger David de Gea's’ one-year contract extension with Manchester United. A decision that raised eyebrows about a potential departure looming in the future for David de Gea.
However, with the Spanish goalkeeper having emerged out of the 20/22/23 season as one of the more top performing players within Erik Ten Hags’ squad, the concept of Manchester United having failed to sign David de Gea to a new long-term contract at Manchester United in April 2023 proved to be a significant indicator of where the future of Manchester United men's team will lead to in terms of the goalkeeping department.
An exit for David de Gea from Manchester United was confirmed to be a strong potential possibility to unravel at Old Trafford before the conclusion of the 2023 summer season despite the numerous Indications presented by Manchester United's representatives that Manchester United intends to retain the services of the Spanish goalkeeper for a prolonged future, a change of Goalkeeper was deemed as just as important as the acquisition of a new striker for the Manchester United men's team during the 2023 summer transfer window
