Van Andre Onana is expected to stay in Manchester United, despite uncertainty about his future and speculation that the club can consider a step for goalkeeper Senne Lammens in Antwerp.
Ruben Amorim has refused to say whether Onana will return to the goal in Fulham on Sunday after playing Altay Bayindir in the Defeat Day in Arsenal last weekend when he was criticized because he had submitted the only goal of the game from a corner.
Onana was completely omitted from the team after he had missed the entire preseason with a hamstring injury, and Amorim has been cautious to confirm that the Cameroon International is still his number 1.
“Onana is ready to play like last week, so we will see in the game that becomes the goalkeeper,” said the United Boss at his press conference for the game on Friday. “Lica (Martinez) is out, Nous (Mazraoui) is out, the rest of the boys are fit.”
It is understood that both United and Onana expect that it will remain when the transfer window closes for a week on Monday, although Monaco was quoted £ 30 million earlier this summer and he could still be a target for his old club Inter Milan.
In the meantime, a movement for Lammens cannot be excluded before the end of the window. However, it is clear that there is nothing to be, despite reports that the 23-year-old Belgian has discussed personal conditions with United, and it is unlikely that he would come in as the first choice.
It would be logical for United to have a deal with Lammens if they decide to take a step for him late in the window, but that would depend on players discharging to create space in the budget.
United is still working on deals for striker Rasmus Hojlund and their remaining four 'bomb team' members – Alejandro Garnaacho, Jadon Sancho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia.
Hojlund, who was left out of the team to tackle Arsenal after United Benjamin Sesko signed, was able to return to Italy with Napoli after he was linked to AC Milan and Inter.
Asked how Hojlund responded to the situation, Amorim said: “As a professional player. We have to see it. Let's wait until the market is closed and then everything is clear. '
Garnacho and Antony are still linked to movements on Chelsea and Real Betis, and Sancho is interested in Italy and Turkey.
Amorim has still not excluded from the possibility that one of them is still in United after the window is closed. “I know this is not a good thing to have players in this situation, but it is clear that they want to play in another club,” he added.
'So we try to arrange everything for both parties to be happy. I have to try to imagine that I have the training with the boys I think they will be the future and train and prepare the other boys for the next chapter.
“When the window is closed, it is a different history, when the window is closed, we must receive the players and everything can happen in a new life.”