Andre Onana may have hinted at tactic Erik ten Hag will use at Manchester United next season

“We’ve all seen that he is a masterful goalkeeper,” said then-Ajax boss Erik ten Hag on Andre Onana.

In April 2022, it was widely known that the Cameroon star was destined for Inter after seven years in Amsterdam. A month later he announced he would be leaving the Dutch champions upon the end of his contract.

Earlier that season, Ten Hag had remarked how Onana had come back in better shape following his nine-month ban from February 2021 after testing positive for a banned substance the previous October, something he says was an honest error after mistaking his wife’s post-pregnancy tablets for paracetamol.

He returned to help Cameroon reach the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations in January and played 10 games for Ajax before succumbing to a groin injury. Many felt his exit came at the right time for both player and club but few expected him to go on and reach the Champions League final with Inter.

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He kept 19 clean sheets last season, the most in a single campaign since the memorable 2018/19 term when he tallied 26 as Ajax won the league and cup double. But that season is mostly remembered for their run in the Champions League.

Only that famous last-gasp goal from Lucas Moura for Tottenham prevented Ajax from reaching their first final in the competition since 1996. That team swept aside Real Madrid in their own backyard after three successive trophy lifts before defeating Juventus in the quarters.

They captured the imagination with Ten Hag’s style of play that was slick and entertaining on the eye. The