Manchester United star Andre Onana breaks silence on deleted Alejandro Garnacho social media post

Andre Onana has demanded that potential disciplinary action for Alejandro Garnacho 'go no further' after the Manchester United winger used gorilla emojis over a picture of his penalty save on Tuesday night.

Garnacho posted a picture of Onana and his United teammates celebrating the late penalty save in Tuesday's 1-0 Champions League win over FC Copenhagen. Alongside the image, two gorilla emojis were added.

After being advised of the potential racial connotations involved, the 19-year-old deleted his post but the Football Association have been in touch with United over the matter. The governing body could still charge Garnacho with a breach of their guidelines regarding racially sensitive social media posts.

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Alongside a picture of the celebrations that followed his penalty save, Onana wrote on his Instagram story: "People cannot choose what I should be offended by. I know exactly what @garnacho7 meant: power & strength. This matter should go no further."

The goalkeeper then posted a second picture of himself and Garnacho celebrating together.

United have previously fallen foul of the regulations, with Edinson Cavani receiving a three-game ban in 2020 after writing 'Gracias Negrito' to a friend who congratulated him for scoring. The Uruguayan was also ordered to pay a £100,000 fine and told to complete face-to-face education around the issue.

Across Manchester, Bernardo Silva received a one-game ban and was fined £50,000 after posting a photo of a young Benjamin Mendy alongside an offensive image for the Spanish confectionery company Conguitos. Mendy publicly stated that he thought the post was okay but his teammate