Amadou Onana

[kippaxvilla2]

I would put that in the category of ‘utter horseshit.’

[eamonn]

Chuffed if we get him. As I said when Dougie left, if we buy Onana we’ve upgraded midfield.

And if rumours of bids refused for the likes of Guendouzi, Merino, etc, are anything to go by, Onana might not be Douglas Luiz actual replacement.

Really? I'm not sure how we need more than Kamara, the Baron, Barkley, Onana, Tielemans, even McGinn and the Donk (I know he's surplus but we're still paying him) for the non-attacking/deep-lying midfield roles to be honest...

[mrfuse]

Typical Manure tried to hijack the deal. Onana must want to play Champions League football!

I really hope there is some truth in this. I'm already sick to death of the Media love in with Man utd in this transfer window.

[pablo_picasso]

ManYoo putting in a bid for Onana is nothing more than that c*** Ratcliffe throwing his dollies out his pram & attempting to be vindictive because our signing Onana stops them signing Branthwaite for a reasonable fee.

The fact that he has turned them down is fucking poetry...

Beautiful!

And if rumours of bids refused for the likes of Guendouzi, Merino, etc, are anything to go by, Onana might not be Douglas Luiz actual replacement.

Really? I'm not sure how we need more than Kamara, the Baron, Barkley, Onana, Tielemans, even McGinn and the Donk (I know he's surplus but we're still paying him) for the non-attacking/deep-lying midfield roles to be honest...

Yeah, I think there would be a lot of bodies if we do pick up another after Onana, unless we are planning on moving somebody else as well as Dendoncker on, but I have read quite a few reports about the likes of Guendouzi & Merino.

[Mister E]

There seems to be an assumption on some of these posts that the departure of one player somehow requires us to find an identikit replacement. Emery & co acquired an alternative to Luiz when the brought in Tielemans. Adding Barkley means that there are different choices in the midfield role of setting the pace / managing the transition.
In the same way, Onana and Kamara are not duplicates: they each offer something a little different and - when the latter is fit - could play in games together where Emery wants a double-pivot ahead of the defence.
Furthermore, having the choice of players  in McGinn, Ramsey, Tielemans, Barrenechea, Buendia, I-J and Rogers ahead of the deep-lying MF is pretty awesome.

[pablo_picasso]

My particular post was more about supporting the signing of Onana & discussing a couple of other reported incomings than specifically being about "replacing Douglas Luiz".

[jwarry]

After the signings they’ve made already, surely Yanited can’t afford both Branthwaite and Onana, unless they are about to have a fire sale?

[kippaxvilla2]

If they are linked with him then he must be crap.  Avoid.

[OCD]

After the signings they’ve made already, surely Yanited can’t afford both Branthwaite and Onana, unless they are about to have a fire sale?

They're demanding £40m for McTominay *sniggers*

[Drummond]

If they are linked with him then he must be crap.  Avoid.

Nah, they're linked after the event, which makes him good.

[Somniloquism]

The commentators would have had a nightmare.

"The ball is with Onana, he plays it to Onana who passes it back to Onana. Oh Onana has been tackled, the attacker is bearing down on Onana whilst Onana is trying to get back. And it's a goal, Onana didn't save it, although it seems to have taken a wicked deflection off Onana, hit the bar, hit Onana on the back and went over the line, despite Onana trying to get back to prevent it."

[Russ aka Big Nose]

If the interest in Man United wanting to sign him is legit, then I don't doubt that he has picked the Villa because - for next season and possibly/probably beyond that - we are better proposition for an ambitious player, e.g., CL football, quality coach, great set-up and owners.

Not because "he gave his word" to SUE.

This would signal significant progress from recent years where we spent the pre-season period negotiating terms with possible signing with real promise, only for Man United and others to step in at the last minute ... saving them the hassle of due diligence, and related transfer admin.

And yes, 'Sir Jim' and the client journalists that trot out whatever he wants is really dull. UTV

[villadelph]

It doesn't sound like the takeover drama at Everton will effect the move.

[AV82EC]

Not when they’ve got £50m hitting the coffers.

[eamonn]

After the signings they’ve made already, surely Yanited can’t afford both Branthwaite and Onana, unless they are about to have a fire sale?

They're demanding £40m for McTominay *sniggers*

They need David Moyes to find a new club for this to happen.