{"id":55613,"date":"2025-08-03T15:47:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/55613\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T15:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:47:31","slug":"ruben-amorim-predicts-under-fire-man-utd-man-is-going-to-be-better-this-season-amid-replacement-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/55613\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim predicts under-fire Man Utd man is \u2018going to be better\u2019 this season amid replacement rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United continue to be linked with potential goalkeeping additions after two shaky seasons for Andre Onana between the sticks.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> said goodbye to David De Gea in 2023, fans were hoping to see his replacement enjoy similar longevity.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard spent more than a decade at Old Trafford, racking up more than 500 appearances for the club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/manchester-united-finally-announce-andre-onana-signing-as-new-number-one-joins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United snapped up Andre Onana<\/a> to replace De Gea, as Erik ten Hag chose to reunite with his former Ajax goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Onana excelled for Inter as they reached the Champions League final, but his time with United has been significantly trickier.<\/p>\n<p>The Cameroonian stopper has never quite convinced with his handling, committing a series of errors during his two years at the club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2210844866-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana facing Lyon.\" class=\"wp-image-274604\" \/>Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesRuben Amorim on Andre Onana<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, under-fire Onana has been linked away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old Trafford<\/a> in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>Monaco showed an interest in Onana earlier this summer, but the Ligue 1 side have backed away over the course of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/ruben-amorim-receives-fresh-injury-boost-to-key-man-utd-star-stars-align-for-17m-star-they-like-a-lot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Onana has since picked up an injury<\/a>, and he is now pushing to be fit for the start of the Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>United have also been linked with a number of new goalkeepers this summer, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/manchester-united-open-to-making-andre-onana-move-after-being-offered-chance-to-upgrade-with-top-star\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Onana potentially even available on loan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>United boss Amorim has now discussed Onana and is actually backing the stopper to improve this season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6532284\/2025\/08\/02\/ruben-amorim-bryan-mbeumo-manchester-united-debut-transfers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Athletic<\/a>, Amorim suggested that Onana is \u2018going to be better\u2019 this season, seemingly believing that he will take more confidence alongside his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim praised Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton as well, believing that his goalkeepers are all pushing each other to improve ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think even when you talk about Andre, you can see the goalkeepers. Even Tom is leaner, he\u2019s a different goalkeeper. Altay did really well, and Onana is going to be better, like the other guys, this year,\u201d said Amorim.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeping rumours linger around Andre Onana<\/p>\n<p>Amorim is publicly backing Onana, and may well believe that a better season is on the horizon once he returns from injury.<\/p>\n<p>United fans may not buy it, though, especially with such strong goalkeeping rumours swirling around.<\/p>\n<p>Reports just a matter of days ago again suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/psg-now-anticipating-potential-manchester-united-transfer-raid-replacement-already-lined-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United fancy Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/a>, with Paris Saint-Germain expecting a bid.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian stopper certainly wouldn\u2019t join United as backup to Onana, so any move would be with first-choice action in mind, potentially bumping Onana down the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/man-united-will-progress-with-17m-transfer-deal-once-antony-is-sold-to-al-nassr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United also fancy Royal Antwerp\u2019s Senne Lammens<\/a>, though potentially as second-choice amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/4-3m-man-utd-player-now-expected-to-leave-this-summer-hes-played-just-five-times-under-ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumours suggesting Bayindir could move on<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>United\u2019s ideal scenario may be to sign both Donnarumma and Lammens, with Onana and Bayindir moving on, but completing all four deals looks to be a big ask in the final month of the window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United continue to be linked with potential goalkeeping additions after two shaky seasons for Andre Onana between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[6242,7794,403,99],"class_list":["post-55613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-andre-onana","tag-ruben-amorim","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}