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Rob Dawson, reporter
Andre Onana is set to miss Cameroon’s first match in the Africa Cup of Nations to be available for Manchester United’s Premier League match against them. Tottenhama source told ESPN.
Onana has been given permission by the Cameroonian Football Federation to skip the warm-up camp in Saudi Arabia to feature for United against Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup on Monday.
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The goalkeeper is set to delay his departure further to play against Tottenham at Old Trafford on Sunday, and a source told ESPN that the Cameroonian FA have agreed that he is unlikely to be available for the first group match of the Africa Cup of Nations against Guinea 24 hours later. January 15.
Onana is scheduled to play in the final two Group C matches against Senegal on January 19 and Gambia on January 23.
He will miss United’s FA Cup fourth round match against Newport County or Eastleigh on the weekend of January 27-28, and could stay with Cameroon until February 11 if they reach the final of the tournament being held in Ivory Coast. coast.
Meanwhile, British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is set to be in the stands for the first time since agreeing a deal to buy a 25% stake in United when Tottenham visit Old Trafford this weekend.
Ratcliffe, Chairman and CEO of INEOS, held talks with manager Erik ten Hag at Carrington and met members of the first team and will attend his first match on Sunday.
INEOS Sports Director, Sir Dave Brailsford, was on hand at the DW Stadium for the 2-0 win over Wigan on Monday alongside Jean-Claude Blanc, CEO of INEOS Sports, and current Director of Football John Murtough.
Brailsford and Blanc are set to take up INEOS’s two seats on United’s board once Ratcliffe’s minority stake is ratified.
A source told ESPN that Brailsford has been a constant presence at Carrington since the deal was announced on Christmas Eve and held a series of meetings with key personnel during the transition period before officially signing the agreement.
