TOP STORIES - Ajax, Andre Onana to resume training with the first team

28.10.2021 20:25 of  E.B. TransferMarketWeb   see readings
TOP STORIES - Ajax, Andre Onana to resume training with the first team
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Suspended nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a positive test for doping products, Andre Onana will be free to return to the fields on November 4. While he has been able to train again since September, he has resumed with the U21s and not the first team.

Indeed, the leaders of Ajax Amsterdam no longer counted on him and expected a departure from the Cameroonian international, at the end of the contract in June 2022. “It was clear to us that André would be transferred in the summer. last ”, declared Marc Overmars, sporting director of Lancers, on the site of the club. “That didn't happen and so he's still under contract with us. My position on his situation was clear, but then the news broke: Maarten Stekelenburg is out for the rest of the season. Ajax's needs are paramount and, from that point of view, it is good that he is joining the first team. "

As of Thursday, Onana will therefore train again with Ajax’s first team. A news that Erik ten Hag is delighted with: “nobody is happy with the situation created by this suspension. But we shouldn't be naive either. André is a fantastic goalkeeper who has contributed a lot to Ajax and he is in good shape. Since the beginning of September he has been able to train again at Ajax and he does so every day with total dedication. It is important for Ajax to have a good and deep selection at their disposal, there is room for André in this selection. So from today he will join the first team on the training ground. "