Cameroon International Onana Returns To Ajax First-Team Training
Cameroon international and Ajax Amsterdam goalkeeper Andre Onana has returned to the Dutch Eredivisie side’s first-team training after serving a year-long ban for violating doping rules.
The suspension handed to Onana by European football’s governing body, UEFA, was later reduced to nine months following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Onana, 25, whose ban ends on the 4th of November was allowed to resume first-team training in September but the club placed him in the Under-23 squad. Onana has been linked with a move to several clubs, including Inter Milan and Arsenal, with the Cameroon international’s contract with Ajax set to expire next summer.
“Nobody is happy with the situation created by the suspension. But we shouldn’t be naive either,” Ajax coach Erik ten Hag said in a club statement. “Andre is a fantastic keeper who has meant a lot to Ajax and he is fit.”
“From the beginning of September he can train at Ajax again and he does that every day with full dedication. It is important for Ajax that we have a deep and good selection at our disposal, there is room for Andre in that.”
Ajax are top of the Dutch Eredivisie with 25 points from 10 matches, and play away at Heracles on Saturday.
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