Erik ten Hag is very sympathetic to André Onana, who is not allowed to play until the beginning of 2022 due to a doping suspension. It is even forbidden for the goalkeeper from Cameroon to stay near the A-selection of Ajax. Ten Hag openly takes it up for Onana and the coach of the leader in the Eredivisie even finds it ridiculous that the African closing post is not even allowed to train during his suspension.
“I think it’s terrible the situation André is in”, Ten Hag is quoted by Ten Hag in the run-up to the home game against FC Utrecht on Thursday evening. Het Parool. “I think it is a ridiculous measure that he is not allowed to train with us, not even come near us. He is isolated from the group. I think the suspension itself is excessive: a year’s exclusion for a substance (furosemide, ed. ) that is not performance-enhancing. I feel very sorry for him “, says the Ajax coach in no uncertain terms about the suspended Onana.
Onana still wants to talk to Ajax: ‘The supervisory board wants a deal within one day’
The Ajax goalkeeper’s camp has not yet definitively ruled out a new contract.
Ten Hag still has a lot of contact with Onana, despite the fact that the goalkeeper is no longer on Ajax’s training field every day due to the suspension. “I send an app now and then. Officially I am not allowed to talk to him, although I did meet him a few times at the club when he was there for discussions with the club management”, the Ajax coach gives an insight into current band with Onana. “His fellow players will also see him little or not. We are in corona time and it has been agreed with our players to keep social contacts to a minimum.”
Ajax has now stopped the contract negotiations with Onana, as it became clear on Sunday prior to the final of the TOTO KNVB Cup against VItesse (2-1 win). “The state of affairs is actually not very good. We cannot resolve it, no. That means that we have stopped the negotiations,” Overmars said on Sunday. ESPN about the negotiations with Onana. The keeper is under contract until mid-2022. If both parties do not come out, he will walk out the door in the summer of next year.
However, manager Albert Botines opened the door ajar the day after the cup final in De Kuip, despite the statements of Overmars. “I had also heard that through the media,” said the advocate The Telegraph. He thinks he knows where Overmars’ position comes from. “Marc understands the situation, but the supervisory board is pushing to close a deal quickly, it wants to do so within one day.”
Ajax has made a proposal to Onana until the summer of 2024. The suspended goalkeeper is committed to a contract until mid-2023. “There are some differences of opinion, not big ones. Marc is doing well, ”said Bodines. He has made a number of suggestions to Ajax by email. The supervisory board wants an immediate answer, but in that case Onana and Botines will not give the green light. “We are ready to talk further. And if that does not happen, we will see where André’s future lies and when. ”