Overview
- Reports on Thursday say Manchester United and Trabzonspor have verbally agreed a second consecutive season-long loan for André Onana with final paperwork still being completed.
- Trabzonspor are reported to pay a loan fee and to cover Onana’s wages for 2026/27, but the deal is not expected to include an option or obligation for a permanent transfer next summer.
- United view Onana as surplus after Senne Lammens established himself as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper and do not plan to reintegrate Onana into pre-season plans.
- Onana enjoyed a strong 2025/26 campaign in Turkey, making regular starts and helping Trabzonspor win the Turkish Cup and finish third in the Süper Lig, which prompted the Turkish club’s interest in keeping him.
- A second loan helps United remove a high weekly wage from their books this season and produces a fee now rather than the permanent sale the club preferred, leaving a possible transfer decision for next summer.