DBasia.news – Barcelona intended to repatriate their academy product who is now playing at Ajax Amsterdam, Andre Onana.
Andre Onana is a player who started his career at Eto’o Academy. Onana’s talent made Barcelona interested in recruiting him in July 2010.
Andre Onana started his footballing school at La Masia. The goalkeeper was in the age group of 17 to 19 years.
However, Andre Onana did not have many opportunities to penetrate to the first team. Understandably, it was not easy to be a goalkeeper in a club as big as Barcelona if you don’t have enough experience.
In the end, Andre Onana headed for Ajax Amsterdam, a club known for having a passion for young players. The Cameroon player headed to Ajax with a fee of only 150.000 euros in 2015.
Andre Onana’s career skyrocketed at Ajax Amsterdam. Onana’s deft actions under the crossbar brought Ajax to the Eredivisie and KNVB Bekker title in one season. In addition, Onana also contributed to the struggle of Ajax to qualify for the 2018-2019 Champions League semifinals.
Barcelona, which is still monitoring Andre Onana’s development, also wanted him to return. According to Sport, Barca rated Onana could be a substitute for Marc-Andre ter Stegen and appear as the first goalkeeper in the future. Moreover, Onana is only 24 years old.
Barcelona road to get the goalkeeper back is not easy. In addition to Chelsea who also monitored, Ajax Amsterdam is predicted not to give a green light so easily.
Barcelona reportedly needs 40 million euros to be able to bring Andre Onana. The amount is fairly high only for a goalkeeper. Moreover, the main focus of Barca in the transfer market is to get successor of Luis Suarez.