{"id":150200,"date":"2025-09-17T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/150200\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:11:22","slug":"man-utd-blamed-for-fantastic-47m-star-becoming-sacrificial-lamb-amid-clear-transfer-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/150200\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd &#8216;blamed&#8217; for &#8216;fantastic&#8217; \u00a347m star becoming &#8216;sacrificial lamb&#8217; amid clear transfer mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have been \u201cblamed\u201d for one Red Devils star becoming a \u201csacrificial lamb\u201d during his time at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> has become a graveyard for players and coaches post-Sir Alex Ferguson, with most signings struggling after making the jump to Old Trafford under various managers.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/andre-onana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Onana<\/a> is a recent example as he proved a major flop following his \u00a347m move to Man Utd from Serie A giants Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Onana was identified by former head coach Erik ten Hag as a suitable replacement for David de Gea, who left Man Utd upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the 2022\/23 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The experienced goalkeeper grew into his debut season after suffering a woeful start, though he endured a massive fall from grace in 2024\/25 as he became a liability for Man Utd.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-amorim-sacked-one-condition-mainoo-team-mates-perplexed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amorim to be sacked by Man Utd on one condition with players \u2018perplexed\u2019 at Mainoo decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Onana\u2019s dramatic decline ensured he was surplus to requirements at Man Utd in the summer and his exit was sanctioned following the deadline day arrival of Senne Lammens.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old has since joined Turkish side Trabzonspor on a straight loan deal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-rashford-wonder-moment-barcelona-onana-fantastic-debut-salt-wounds-manchester-derby\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been praised for his \u201cfantastic\u201d debut in the 1-0 loss to Fenerbahce.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, Cameroonian journalist Remy N\u2019Gono has reiterated that he \u201cshouldn\u2019t\u201d have joined Man Utd, who have made him a \u201csacrificial lamb\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the only one on this set who said that Onana shouldn\u2019t go to Manchester United and that he would fail resoundingly,\u201d N\u2019Gono said.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-co-owner-ratcliffe-club-for-sale-asking-price-revealed-imminent-clarity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd co-owner Ratcliffe puts club up \u2018for sale\u2019 as asking price revealed amid \u2018imminent clarity\u2019<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-man-utd-boost-steal-arsenal-opens-door-100m-transfer-coup-agreement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Liverpool, Man Utd boost as \u2018steal\u2019 on Arsenal opens door to \u00a3100m transfer amid \u2018coup agreement\u2019<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-tempting-midfielder-transfer-gaining-momentum-four-reasons-interesting-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd: \u2018Tempting\u2019 midfielder transfer \u2018gains momentum\u2019 for four reasons amid \u2018interesting update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt\u2019s that Andre Onana who lost confidence. You shouldn\u2019t have gone to that Manchester United team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I blame Manchester United for is that Onana is almost becoming the sacrificial lamb. Because no one is going to tell me that Amorim arrived and in 30 matches, he only took 31 points out of 90, and that it was Onana who caused all that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Lammens will be more successful than Onana at Man Utd, but his brother has revealed that he was \u201cinitially sceptical\u201d about the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of quality, you play for trophies there [at Galatasaray], and Senne could perhaps immediately make his mark in the Champions League,\u201d Tom told Belgian outlet Nieuwsblad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was initially sceptical about a move to United, because many players there had already succumbed to the pressure and couldn\u2019t reach their full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added:\u00a0\u201cUltimately, it was Senne who had to make the decision. United gave him the best feeling. Partly because Tony Coton, United\u2019s goalkeeping scout, had been following him for almost a year and was very convinced of his qualities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would also be great if the club could return to its former glory and if Senne could contribute to that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have been \u201cblamed\u201d for one Red Devils star becoming a \u201csacrificial lamb\u201d during his time at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[34692,64,63,596,818,1525,44,1614,1532,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-150200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-andre-onana","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-ruben-amorim","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}