Man United’s Onana to miss AFCON start for PL game – source

André Onana is about to miss Cameroon’s first game on the Africa Cup of Nations to make himself accessible for Manchester United’s Premier League fixture towards Tottenham, a source has advised ESPN.

Onana was given permission by the Cameroonian FA to skip a heat-up camp in Saudi Arabia to characteristic for United towards Wigan Athletic within the FA Cup on Monday.

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The goalkeeper is about to delay his departure even additional to play towards Tottenham at Old Trafford on Sunday, and a source has advised ESPN that the Cameroon Federation have accepted he’s unlikely to be accessible for their first AFCON group game towards Guinea 24 hours in a while Jan. 15.

Onana is about to play within the remaining two video games in Group C towards Senegal on Jan. 19 and Gambia on Jan. 23.

He will miss United’s FA Cup fourth spherical tie towards both Newport County or Eastleigh on the weekend of Jan. 27-28 and will stay with Cameroon till Feb. 11 in the event that they have been to attain the ultimate of the match, which is being held in Ivory Coast.

Meanwhile, British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is about to be within the stands for the primary time since agreeing a deal to purchase a 25% stake in United when Tottenham go to Old Trafford this weekend.

Ratcliffe, chairman and CEO of INEOS, has held talks with supervisor Erik ten Hag at Carrington and met members of the primary workforce squad and can attend his first game on Sunday.

INEOS director of sport Sir Dave Brailsford was on the DW Stadium for the two-0 win over Wigan on Monday alongside Jean-Claude Blanc, chief govt of INEOS sport, and present soccer director John Murtough.

Brailsford and Blanc are set to take up INEOS’ two seats on United’s board as soon as Ratcliffe’s minority stake is ratified.

A source has advised ESPN that Brailsford has been a relentless presence at Carrington for the reason that deal was introduced on Christmas Eve and has been holding a sequence of conferences with key personnel in the course of the transition interval earlier than the settlement is formally signed off.