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The Sun: Onana fell into a trough mentally at Manchester United and felt loved when he joined the Turkish Super League

4:46pm, 9 October 2025Football

Hupu, October 8, according to a report from English media "The Sun" reporter Samuel Luckhurst, goalkeeper Onana, who was loaned by Manchester United to Trabzonspor in the Turkish Super League this season, is getting a new lease of life. Although the 29-year-old Cameroon international plans to return to Manchester United for pre-season training next summer, he has regained the long-lost passion on the field in Türkiye.

Onana joined Trabzonspor on loan last month. The Turkish Super League club fully assumed the Cameroon goalkeeper's weekly salary of 170,000 pounds in his contract. After experiencing the ups and downs of his Manchester United career, sources revealed that the goalkeeper "urgently needs to feel the love of the club and fans." In the 4-0 victory over Konyaspor last weekend, he completed his first clean sheet of the season. Trabzonspor currently ranks second in the Turkish Super League standings.

Onana's Manchester United career ended in August in the League Cup against the English second-division team Grimsby. He made several fatal mistakes in the game that led to the team's upset. People familiar with the matter admitted that after two turbulent seasons in Manchester, the goalkeeper who played 102 games has reached a low point mentally. The boos from some fans and the club's rush to sign 23-year-old goalkeeper Ramens hastened his departure.

When coach Amorim faced Arsenal in the opening game of the season, he insisted on using Baindil even though Onana returned from injury. Although the Turkish goalkeeper subsequently made a fatal mistake, he was not replaced by Ramens, who performed amazingly until last weekend. In this 2-0 win over Sunderland, the Belgian teenager's outstanding performance made the Dream Theater sing the hymn "Are you Schmeichel?"

Although Onana's contract with Manchester United lasts until 2028, Trabzonspor management has been conquered by his performance and is exploring a buyout option. For Onana, who had worked with Ten Hag at Ajax, this loan period was not only a honing of skills, but also a spiritual reconstruction - on the banks of the Bosporus, he rediscovered the feeling of being cherished.

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