Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana nominated for FIFA Best award

Manchester United's Andre Onana has been nominated for the 2023 FIFA Best Men's Goalkeeper award.

Onana is among a five-man shortlist for the award alongside Al-Hilal's Yassine Bounou, Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois, Manchester City's Ederson and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen of Barcelona. The 27-year-old has been nominated for his exploits last season with Inter Milan.

Simone Inzaghi's side won two major trophies last season, claiming the Supercoppa Italiana and the Coppa Italia. They also made it to the Champions League final, losing 1-0 to Manchester City in June.

Onana played 41 times for Inter across all competitions last season, keeping 19 clean sheets. However, the Cameroon international missed both domestic cup finals, with Inzaghi opting for second-choice Samir Handanovic.

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Ahead of the Champions League final in Istanbul, City manager Pep Guardiola singled out Onana for praise. He said: "For the way they play, with the high press, Onana is an exceptional goalkeeper to take the position to build up. Really, really good."

Such was the Inter goalkeeper's form during the 2022/2023 campaign that Erik ten Hag sanctioned a £47.2million deal in order to bring him to United. Onana and Ten Hag worked together at Ajax before both left Amsterdam last summer.

Onana joined up with the United squad in the United States during pre-season, impressing from the start with a number of long, raking passes. Despite being lobbed from the halfway line against RC Lens, the Reds goalkeeper has enjoyed a positive start to life in Manchester.

Four starts have brought just one clean sheet but a number of fine saves in order to keep more goals from going in. Onana has also continued to