“This was not expected…” – David Ornstein drops Man United bombshell hours after Ruben Amorim ‘drops’ Andre Onana

A bombshell regarding the future of Andre Onana has dropped courtesy of David Ornstein after reports that the Manchester United goalkeeper has been dropped.

Onana produced two costly mistakes in the Europa League quarter final first leg against Lyon on Thursday, including a poor parry to allow Rayan Cherki to score a stoppage time equaliser.

Ruben Amorim refrained from criticising the Cameroonian in public following the howlers but early on Sunday it emerged that Onana had been left out of his squad for the trip to Newcastle.

It was reported that Onana had been rested for the game at St James’ Park, with Altay Bayindir set to get the nod in between the sticks.

Onana is in his second season at United after signing from Inter Milan in 2023 but has made nine errors leading to goals conceded this season.

And respected reporter Ornstein delivered an update on Onana as part of NBC Sports’ coverage – claiming that the player’s recently appointed agent might have to order a rethink.

“He has switched agents in recent months,” he explained.

“That was meant for a new contract or improved terms. He may now have to look at trying to shift his player. This was not expected for Manchester United, it wasn’t on the agenda for a new goalkeeper.”

The line which was communicated by BBC in regards to Onana’s omission was that he has been told to ‘rest and disconnect‘ from football after his poor showing at the Groupama Stadium.

What Ruben Amorim said after Andre Onana mistakes

Onana’s difficult night came amid a war of words with former United star Nemanja Matic, who called him “one of the worst goalkeepers in Manchester United’s history”.

He fired back at Matic by calling out his lack of silverware with the Red Devils but the comments came back to haunt him.

However despite costing his side a vital win, Amorim did not lay into his goalkeeper in his post-match press conference.

He said: “When one player has a mistake, all the team has a mistake, so we continue like that [to focus on the next game].

“We continue to do the same thing. Training, seeing the games, trying to choose the best eleven to win every match.

“The best thing is to look at the goals and all the actions that Andre had in the game, to talk with [the coaches]… this is the best way to help any player, to focus on the game, what happened and what we need to improve.”