{"id":135538,"date":"2023-12-29T13:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T13:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/29\/man-utd-learn-whether-andre-onana-will-play-at-afcon\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T13:14:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T13:14:02","slug":"man-utd-learn-whether-andre-onana-will-play-at-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/29\/man-utd-learn-whether-andre-onana-will-play-at-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd learn whether Andre Onana will play at AFCON \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Manchester United could be without goalkeeper Andre Onana for four weeks after he accepted a call-up to Cameroon\u2019s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It had been previously suggested that the Red Devils\u2019 number one would stay in Manchester\u00a0in\u00a0order to improve his performance levels, having seen his career at Old Trafford get off to an uncertain start.<\/p>\n<p>Onana made high-profile blunders against Bayern Munich and Galatasaray in the Champions League \u2013 a competition United crashed out of after the group stage \u2013 while he\u2019s also been at fault for a number of goals conceded in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has looked more assure of late, putting in more consistent performances, but again fell short of the mark in the\u00a0Boxing Day comeback win over Aston Villa\u00a0\u2013 nervily staying on his line to allow John McGinn\u2019s cross to eventually go into the net unchallenged.<\/p>\n<p>United are struggling for form themselves, sitting sixth in the table after winning ten and losing eight of their 19 Premier League games, and will need to put their faith in summer signing Altay Bayindir, who is yet to make his debut, after Onana decided to accept Cameroon\u2019s call-up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/01hjre2z0qkyp1dbrnbq.jpg\" alt=\"Altay Bayindir warming up ahead of Manchester United's Champions League clash with Galatasaray\" title=\"Altay Bayindir warming up ahead of Manchester United's Champions League clash with Galatasaray\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Altay Bayindir will be called upon when Manchester United face Tottenham \/ ANP\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<p>The Africa Cup of Nations gets underway on 13 January when host nation Ivory Coast take on Guinea-Bissau, running for four weeks until the competition\u2019s final on 11 February.<\/p>\n<p>Onana will definitely be absent for\u00a0United\u2019s Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford, but he may also miss games against Wolves, West Ham United and Aston Villa depending on how far Cameroon get in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon have been drawn against Gambia, Senegal and Guinea in the group stages and are looking to win AFCON for the first time since 2017, when an Egypt side containing Mohamed Salah were beaten 2-1 in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Sofyan Amrabat has also been called up by Morocco, potentially robbing Erik ten Hag of a midfield option, but Hannibal Mejbri has been left out by Tunisia amid rumours he could be leaving United on loan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"mLQxU422rrA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sports News in Twi: Rodri sees red! 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