{"id":15489,"date":"2023-09-20T22:26:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T22:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=15489"},"modified":"2023-09-20T22:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T22:26:25","slug":"replacing-de-gea-is-not-easy-onana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=15489","title":{"rendered":"Replacing De Gea Is Not Easy \u2013 Onana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Manchester United goalkeeper, Andre Onana, Tuesday, said the replacement of former goalkeeper, David de Gea, \u201cis not something easy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking at a press conference ahead of Wednesday\u2019s UEFA Champions League encounter against Bayern Munich, the 24-year-old Cameroonian made the confession, adding that he\u2019s confident in his side\u2019s performance for the remainder of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Onana has conceded 10 goals in five matches in the Premier League this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He joined United in a five-year deal worth \u00a347.2 million, that runs till 2028.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWell, I\u2019m a very passionate player and I demand a lot from my players and my defenders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBut like I always said, we are in this together. Being part of this big club is something great. Manchester United is an amazing club, it is huge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m happy to be here. Replacing David is not something easy. I\u2019m trying to do my best of course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe start of the season is not what we want but we believe better will come. The situation will turn and I\u2019m very confident. I know everything will be alright,\u201d he assured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Onana will make his UCL debut for Man Utd against the Bavarians, the first after losing last season\u2019s 1-0 final between his former club, Inter Milan, and Manchester City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Onana has been tipped as a suitable replacement for former goalkeeper, de Gea, announced his retirement from United in early July after spending 12 years with the Reds.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United goalkeeper, Andre Onana, Tuesday, said the replacement of former goalkeeper, David de Gea, \u201cis not something easy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7628,7630,7629,1370],"class_list":["post-15489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-andre-onana","tag-david-de-gea","tag-goalkeeper","tag-manchester-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15491,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15489\/revisions\/15491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}