It was still not possible to give a definitive answer about André Onana’s future at Ajax. Club watcher Mike Verweij reveals Monday in the podcast Kick-Off by The Telegraph that the goalkeeper from Cameroon is not unsympathetic to contracting in Amsterdam. The Ajax watcher also emphasizes that there is nothing true of an agreement in principle between Onana and Internazionale about a transfer-free deal in 2022.
“Actually, the message from Marc Overmars came very quickly that, as far as he is concerned, there was no need to discuss contract extension yet,” Verweij clarified in the podcast of the morning newspaper on Monday. “He didn’t say that out loud. It remained football and the ball is round, you know it all. Only now it has been decided to take the pressure off the kettle for two weeks and let Onana train quietly,” said the Ajax team. follower, who immediately refers the rumors about an agreement of the keeper with Inter to the realm of fables.
“Onana reaches agreement in principle and leaves Ajax in 2022 for Serie A”
On Sunday it was revealed that the goalkeeper would be on his way to Internazionale.
“Yesterday (Sunday, ed.) the message came that he would already be settled with Inter. Well, according to his agent, that is absolutely not the case,” Verweij continues his update on the situation regarding Onana. “There is a lot of interest from about ten clubs, from England and Spain. He is very well marketed and that is not surprising. One of the best goalkeepers in Europe can be picked up for free. But team Onana want to sign, I’m not saying that well, but they are open to contract extension. One of the options, in addition to the ten others, is to sign with Ajax.”
“But I think if Overmars is so firm, that Onana at some point also thinks: Like it or not, I’ll go to another clubVerweij thinks that Ajax currently has the means to compete with the European top in terms of salary. “If you have to allocate ten million euros for a new, good keeper, you can also say: ‘We discount it. in his salary for years to come’.” According to Corriere dello Sport Onana would have already reached an agreement in principle with Inter about a transfer-free switch in the summer of 2022, something that is now being debunked by Verweij.