André Onana has defended Manchester United teammate Alejandro Garnacho after the English FA launched an investigation into a social media post made by the Argentinian featuring two gorillas above a picture of the Cameroon goalkeeper.
Garnacho made the post on X, formerly Twitter, after Onana saved a stoppage-time penalty to earn United a 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on Wednesday.
It was deleted shortly afterward once the 19-year-old had been made aware by the club of possible racial connotations. The FA is looking into the incident and has asked Garnacho for his observations.
On Thursday, Onana defended Garnacho in his own post on social media. «People cannot choose what I should be offended by,» Onana wrote on Instagram. «I know exactly what [Garnacho] meant: power and strength.