On Thursday evening, Sky Italia reported Manchester United need to make another effort to sign Inter Milan goalkeeper André Onana after they made an offer worth €50m.
Friday’s Gazzetta dello Sport states the Red Devils offer of €45m plus €5m bonuses was verbal, and wasn’t enough to close the deal.
Despite this, there’s optimism over a deal as the report states ‘nothing suggests that the negotiation can fail’. There’s still a difference of €5m in fixed fee between the two clubs and this gap could be bridged as ‘early as today’.
Erik ten Hag and the ex-Ajax man are in contact daily and a ‘personal meeting’ has been scheduled between the two, in the presence of Manchester United director John Murtough.
Corriere dello Sport state Ten Hag’s side have reached an agreement in principle with the stopper for a five-year deal.
The report says there’s a possibility the Cameroonian will not return to Inter for training as the negotiations with Manchester United are now at an ‘advantage stage’.
Shakhtar Donetsk’s Anatoliy Trubin has been identified as a target to replace Onana and the Ukrainian’s intermediary Edoardo Crnjar was at Inter’s headquarters yesterday.
It’s stated this is another indication the Nerazzurri and Manchester United are ‘getting closer’ to finding an agreement for Onana’s sale.
Furthermore, De Telegraaf are now reporting the English club have an agreement in place with Onana and are ‘approaching an agreement’ with Inter for a fee around €55m. The transfer is now ‘getting closer’ after Manchester United took a ‘big step’ to bring the goalkeeper to Old Trafford.
