Overview
- Reports on Thursday say a second season-long loan for André Onana to Trabzonspor is verbally agreed and the clubs are finalising paperwork before an official announcement.
- Trabzonspor is expected to pay a loan fee to Manchester United and to cover Onana’s wages for the season, removing the immediate salary burden from United.
- The loan framework contains no buy clause, so any permanent transfer would require fresh negotiations between Manchester United and Trabzonspor.
- Onana was a key performer for Trabzonspor in 2025/26, starting regularly and helping the club win the Turkish Cup in May, which underpins their push to keep him.
- United still prefer a permanent sale to recoup part of the £47.2m they paid in 2023 and to meet summer financial targets, but are prepared to accept another loan while they sort a long-term solution and a deputy goalkeeper.