{"id":229717,"date":"2026-02-21T19:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/man-utd-accelerate-plans-to-sign-amadou-onana\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:46:12","slug":"man-utd-accelerate-plans-to-sign-amadou-onana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/man-utd-accelerate-plans-to-sign-amadou-onana\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd accelerate plans to sign Amadou Onana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/manchester-united\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Man Utd news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> are looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/aston-villa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"24\" title=\"Aston Villa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> midfielder Amadou Onana as they seek to accelerate their plans to bolster the midfield department ahead of next season, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-man-united-accelerate-amadou-onana-signing-plan-theyve-already-made-move\/\" rel=\"nofollow  noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Football Insider<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are set for a busy summer <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/transfer-rumours\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Transfer rumours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer<\/a> window and they could make two defensive midfield signings. <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/casemiro\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"40\" title=\"casemiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casemiro<\/a> is on his way out when his contract concludes on June 30. Man United have already made an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel Ugarte has played second fiddle to the Brazil international this campaign and was linked with a mid-season move away from the Red Devils. He could likewise be offloaded, having failed to adapt to the <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"21\" title=\"Premier League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> demands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"emyrh699a0fefc6bca\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rememore.com\/hair-transplant-in-turkey#utm_source=footbal-talk&amp;utm_id=footbal-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225247\" src=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FootballTalk_New_Chapter-rememore.png\" alt=\"Rememore new hair\" width=\"400\" height=\"333\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>Football Insider<\/em> now claim that United are keeping a close watch on Onana, having missed out on signing him from <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/everton\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"25\" title=\"Everton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a> in the summer of 2024. Back then, Villa prised him away from the Toffees for around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/transfer\/news\/12691\/13177453\/amadou-onana-aston-villa-complete-lb50m-transfer-deal-for-everton-midfielder\" rel=\"nofollow  noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a350 million<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Onana has personally admitted his desire to play for a \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nieuwsblad.be\/sport\/voetbal\/op-een-dag-speel-ik-voor-een-van-de-vijf-grootste-clubs-ter-wereld-rode-duivel-amadou-onana-over-zijn-ambities-en-het-wk-bij-trump\/127345845.html\" rel=\"nofollow  noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">world-class<\/span><\/a>\u2018 club in the future but it won\u2019t be easy to prise him away. The Villans will want a sizeable profit on their investment to part ways with the Belgian midfielder.<\/p>\n<h3>Possible deal<\/h3>\n<p>United are set to make a huge outlay on the holding midfield department during the summer. The priority could be on signing Premier League-based players, who can seamlessly adapt before the 2026\/27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the Onana link does not come as a surprise. The 24-year-old is a strong midfielder with a dominating presence. This season, he has completed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/player\/amadou-onana\/923973#tab:season\" rel=\"nofollow  noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">87% of his passes<\/span><\/a> and has won an impressive 66% of his duels. He has been brilliant in the air with a 75% duel success rate.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian has also averaged 2 tackles, 3 recoveries and almost 2 clearances per game. At 24, he is just entering the peak phase of his career and would be a wonderful replacement for Casemiro in the United ranks next term.<\/p>\n<p>Onana has opened the door for a bigger challenge away from the Villans, but Unai Emery\u2019s side could play hardball in negotiations. They could easily demand \u00a380 million or more to contemplate the sale of the former Lille man.<\/p>\n<p>That is not beyond the reach of the Red Devils, who spent more than \u00a3200 million last summer without European football. If they were to return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/champions-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"20\" title=\"Champions League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a>, the hierarchy could be prepared to meet Villa\u2019s price tag.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Football Talk | Premier League News\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/229221\/man-utd-accelerate-plans-to-sign-amadou-onana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are looking at Aston Villa midfielder Amadou Onana as they seek to accelerate their plans to bolster the midfield department ahead of next season, as per Football Insider. The Red Devils are set for a busy summer transfer window and they could make two defensive midfield signings. Casemiro is on his way out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-229717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}