Almost all of the players who are set to feature in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament have already reported to their respective national teams. Cameroonian international Andre Onana is one footballer who has not.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he expects to have Onana available for selection on Monday night when United travel to Wigan Athletic.
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“We’re talking with [the] Cameroon Federation,” Ten Hag said at a news conference yesterday.
“It was an issue during the talks with Andre when he came in here, and it’s constructive, so we will see.”
That is absolutely true, back when United signed him from Inter Milan, there was a belief among the United community that Onana was retired from international football. Well, so much for that, as it appears United will be without their No. 1 for awhile.
Elsewhere Casemiro and Lisandro Martinez have now returned to full training, but this match on Monday night will be far too soon for either player to feature. Meanwhile Mason Mount, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial are all out injured.
Regarding Martial, there is fresh talk that he could finally be leaving the club, this time for good, in the summer. Finally, Rasmus Hojlund is an injury doubt for this cup clash.
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