Andre Onana set to face Tottenham after delaying link-up with Cameroon squad
Manchester United are set to have Andre Onana for their home match against Tottenham (Bradley Collyer/PA)
Andre Onana will link up with the Cameroon squad for the Africa Cup of Nations after Manchester United play Tottenham on January 14, the PA news agency understands.
It had been reported that United were in talks with Onana’s national team over the goalkeeper’s release date for the tournament in Ivory Coast that gets under way a week on Saturday.
The 27-year-old is now set stay with the club for their Premier League match against Spurs at Old Trafford the following day before joining up with Cameroon – whose campaign then starts on January 15 with a match against Guinea.
Onana joined United from Inter Milan last summer (Martin Rickett/PA)
United also have one fixture before the Tottenham game, playing at Wigan in the FA Cup third round next Monday.
The Cameroonian football association is understood to have agreed to be flexible on the release date for a player who was persuaded to come out of international retirement earlier this season.
Onana, who joined United from Inter Milan in a £47million deal last summer, had quit international football after the 2022 World Cup following a dispute with head coach Rigobert Song.
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