Izuchukwu OkosiManchester United on Thursday signed Cameroon international Andre Onana on a five-year contract until 2028 with an option of a one-year extension.
Onana comes as natural successor to David de Gea who recently left the club.
Negotiations between Man United and Inter Milan had been ongoing for several weeks with the English side not willing to pay up the valuation of the Serie A giants.
However, both sides came to a resolution on Thursday evening as Sky Sports revealed that the goalkeeper will arrive at Old Trafford after a £47. 2m agreement was reached.
“To join Manchester United is an incredible honour and I have worked hard all my life to get to this moment, overcoming many obstacles along the way,” Onana said in a statement.
“Walking out at Old Trafford to defend our goal and contribute to the team will be another amazing experience. This is the start of a new journey for me, with new teammates, and new ambitions to fight for.”
Manchester United’s football director John Murtough heaped praise on Onana, saying: “He is already one of the world’s best goalkeepers and at the age of 27 we firmly believe that he can develop even further over the coming years.”
Onana won three Eredivisie titles and two KNVB Dutch Cups with Ajax before joining Inter Milan in 2022.
Last season, the Cameroonian goalkeeper helped Inter to claim the Coppa Italia and recorded the most clean sheets in the UEFA Champions League.
The 27-year-old has 34 caps for Cameroon national team.
Onana in his first interview with the United website disclosed that he could have been a, policeman if he was not a footballer as he naturally loves to “protect” things.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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