Manchester United Goalkeeper Onana Returns To Cameroon Squad
Manchester United’s new goalkeeper Andre Onana has been recalled to Cameroon’s squad, about nine months after he walked out on the team during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Onana was named on Tuesday by coach Rigobert Song in the squad for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Burundi in Garoua on September 12th, where the Indomitable Lions need only a draw to guarantee a place at January’s finals in the Ivory Coast.
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Onana, 27, left the Cameroon squad in Qatar last November after their opening group game against Switzerland following a dispute with Song over tactics and training.
The Cameroon Football Federation said he was suspended and had been sent home. Onana has not played for the country since, having announced his retirement from international football.
But on Tuesday at a press conference in Yaounde, Song denied there had been a problem with Onana and said it was natural that as the best available goalkeeper he was in the squad.
“There was never a problem with Andre, the door has always been open to him and we are happy he is coming back to join the group,” said Song.
