Arsenal are no longer the only club with a concrete interest in André Onana. After the suspension of the Ajax goalkeeper was reduced from twelve to nine months last week, according to Goal several clubs have joined the battle for his signature. Names of clubs are not mentioned, but it would be a Premier League club that finished in the top eight last season and several clubs from France.
Onana’s contract expires in the summer of next year, forcing director of football affairs Marc Overmars to act. Talks about a new contract came to nothing. Supply and demand were too far apart, so Overmars decided to sell Onana. Various media previously reported that Arsenal is seriously interested in the Cameroonian. Now there is another Premier League club plus several French clubs. 25-year-old Onana has said she has refused a transfer to Ligue 1 in the past. He then chose a longer stay at Ajax over a contract with Paris Saint-Germain. It is unknown which French clubs are now preying on him. according to Goal it is expected that Arsenal will have to make haste with the signing of Onana, as interest is increasing.
Onana was given a 12-month suspension by the disciplinary body of the European Football Association for finding a doping violation. The CAS has ruled on appeal that the suspension will be shortened to nine months. The suspension will end on November 4, 2021 and until then will affect all of Onana’s football activities, both nationally and internationally. The closing post may resume its training activities two months before the end of the suspension, on September 4, 2021. Arsenal, according to previous reports from the NOS willing to pay two million euros if the suspension remained; if it were shortened or deleted, it would be about six to nine million euros.
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