Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana is considering retiring from his international career after a conflict with Samuel Eto’o at the ongoing AFCON African football championship in Ivory Coast.

The Onana goalkeeper, who moved to Old Trafford last summer from Inter Milan, is participating in the international tournament with Cameroon at AFCON, but has only appeared in one of four matches.

Onana’s side are not invincible, as Cameroon ended their campaign with a 2-0 loss to Nigeria in the round of 16 at the weekend. Combined with the fact that the Manchester United goalkeeper feels dissatisfied with the lack of playing time on the national team, Onana could end his international career after a conflict with the head of national football Eto. ‘o.

Notably, Onana announced his retirement from the national team after being left out of Cameroon’s training squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar, due to a disagreement with Eto’o and coach Rigobert Song. However, he put aside his pride and returned to the team in September, right after moving to Manchester United.

This time, Onana missed the opening match of Cameroon’s campaign against Guinea, after only landing at the venue a few hours before the match started, due to bad weather conditions. Accordingly, after the 2-2 draw with Tottenham in the Premier League, this goalkeeper immediately boarded a private plane to fly 8,000 km to Ivory Coast to be with the home team, but was said to not be able to practice. into the field.

And AFCON 2024 is truly a forgettable tournament for Onana as he expressed frustration: “If I can’t participate in the matches and am not included in the team registration list, then why do I have to come here by computer?” private flight?

Goalkeeper Onana expressed his disappointment at having to sit out in the opening match. After that, Onana participated in the 1-3 loss to Senegal and continued to sit on the bench in the 3-2 victory over Gambia in the final match of the group stage, before losing to Nigeria in the round of 16. Because he was considered redundant and had conflicts with President Eto’o and coach Rigobert Song, goalkeeper Onana wanted to leave the Cameroon team.

During his recent recruitment, Onana also missed the win in the fourth round of the FA Cup away at Newport County and has now returned to Manchester United.

Since moving to the Red Devils for a transfer fee of 47.2 million pounds from Inter Milan, the Cameroonian goalkeeper is having an unstable and not really convincing season. As a pillar in coach Erik ten Hag’s squad, Onana has appeared 30 times on all fronts, kept 9 clean sheets but conceded 47 goals.

The goalkeeper made a number of mistakes in several matches of the season, causing Manchester United to suffer 14 losses in all competitions. That includes nine defeats in the Premier League, where the Red Devils are eighth after 21 games, 16 points behind leaders Liverpool (48).