Onana Nominated for Man U POTM Award

Manchester United’s 2023/24 season is well and truly up and running, with six points already on the board and plenty of positives to highlight as we reflect on the first month of action for Erik ten Hag’s men, with Onana’s entry most evident.

Andre is one of 3 Manchester United players nominated for the August premier league player of the month award, alongside Wan Bissaka and Bruno Fernandez.

The Cameroonian’s competitive debut for the Reds represented a changing of the guard at Old Trafford. For the first time in 12 years, there was a new first-choice goalkeeper between the posts as David De Gea’s successor lined up against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wearing his favoured no.24 shirt, rather than the no.1 occupied by De Gea since 2011, Onana kept Wolves at bay to register a Premier League clean sheet in his very first outing in the competition. He also collected our Man of the Match award, but there’s much more to the summer signing’s game than merely making saves.

Onana’s ball-playing ability, for example, was evident in the away game against Tottenham Hotspur, with an audacious crossfield pass to Alejandro Garnacho when the Reds were dominating the first-half proceedings. And although he was beaten twice in the second period in north London as Spurs won 2-0, and again in the first four minutes at Old Trafford as Nottingham Forest raced into a shock lead, United’s acquisition from Inter Milan could not really be faulted for any of those concessions.

Andre could instead take plenty of credit for his part in Saturday’s comeback, producing arguably his best stop of the month in its final few minutes, when he flew to his left and used a strong left paw to push Willy Boly’s powerful shot around the post and preserve United’s hard-earned 3-2 lead.