Arsenal is back in the market for André Onana, so knows Goal Friday. All this does depend on the appeal lodged against the one-year suspension for the use of the banned substance Furosemide. The sports tribunal CAS will consider the matter in June and a final decision will be made that same month. Onana’s lawyers believe the suspension, which runs until February 2022, could be reduced to eight months. In that case, a summer departure from Ajax becomes a lot more real.
Arsenal’s interest in Onana is not new, because in January, before the suspension became final, the Ajax goalkeeper was already in the picture the Gunners. At the time, there was also contact between Onana’s management and the North London club. Arsenal were urgently looking for a goalkeeper after Emiliano Martínez’s departure to Aston Villa and Alex Runarsson’s mediocre performances. Technical director Edu in particular was very impressed by Ajax’s closing position, but Arsenal lacked the financial means to make a bid in Amsterdam. Instead, Mat Ryan was taken over on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion during the winter break.
According to Goal Ajax wants about fourteen million euros for Onana. Given that his contract in the Johan Cruijff ArenA expires in 2022, a bid of between seven and nine million euros may also be enough to take over the goalkeeper from Ajax. In addition to Arsenal, clubs from the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are also keeping a close eye on the situation surrounding the suspended Ajax player. Ajax has tried several times to extend its contract, but the negotiations between both parties have since been halted. Football affairs director Marc Overmars does not rule out a transfer-free departure in 2022, although he thinks it is also possible that the champion of the Netherlands will be able to sell him this summer. Onana was previously mentioned at Chelsea and Manchester United, among others.
Arsenal, meanwhile, seems to be taking into account the premature departure of first goalkeeper Bernd Leno. The German recently announced that ‘he is open to everything’, despite an ongoing contract until mid-2023. “I do not know what the future will bring, but everything is negotiable. A new adventure elsewhere is not ruled out. I have two more years under contract. , so I’m not really thinking about my future. At least I’m not in talks with the club at the moment, “Leno said.
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