André Onana: We Are Going To Wembley To Win
The Overlap
The Overlap
4.3 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode on The Overlap, brought to you by SkyBet, we are joined by Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana.
As our first goalkeeper on the show we kick things off with a discussion on the evolution of the position along with the differences the Premier League has brought to the Cameroonian keeper.
Onana talks about his childhood, family and youth career that seen him reject a contract at Barcelona after coming through their youth system and the relationship he has United boss Erik ten Hag, who he played under at Ajax before a move to Inter Milan.
We also chat about the Andre Onana Foundation, a foundation that provides free medical care and surgeries to underprivileged communities helping individuals in need regain their health and hope.
Finally we preview this weekend’s FA Cup final between Manchester United v Manchester City and Onana has a special message for the Red Devils fans.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Andre or Andre? |
| 0:02.0 | Andre? |
| 0:03.0 | It's the first time we've ever interviewed a goalkeeper on the overlap and we are privileged |
| 0:10.0 | that Andreana is going to be that first goalkeeper. |
| 0:13.0 | The toughest position in football, Manchester United number one. |
| 0:16.0 | Fact. |
| 0:19.0 | He's done a lot of work since 2016, help the Andreina Foundation, which has delivered medical care to thousands. |
| 0:26.6 | I'm interested in goalkeeping. The way it's changed, the expectations on a modern goalkeeper to be a great pass for the ball, |
| 0:33.6 | playing tight spaces, be out and at the edge of your box and anticipate |
| 0:38.7 | every single ball over the top, with all the traditional demands of a goalkeeper, which is to save |
| 0:43.1 | shots and come for crosses. Hello, how are you? Oh, you're smarter than me. I thought you'd be |
| 0:48.0 | casual. Are you okay? Good to see you, yeah. You enjoy Manchester? Now I'm getting used to |
| 0:53.2 | Winchester. You speak Spanish, French, Italian, and English. |
| 0:56.0 | Wow. |
| 0:57.0 | And the Cameroonian, like a dialect. |
| 1:00.0 | Ewando, yeah. |
| 1:01.0 | With the laziest nation in the world when it comes to languages. |
| 1:06.0 | In football terms, it's a bit embarrassing. |
| 1:08.0 | All the different languages that you speak, it's unbelievable, really. I had the same last season with Inter, you step in the dressing room, everyone is speaking in Italian. What about in Holland? Before me, it was more difficult because you had to speak Dutch. But when I arrived, I make my lesson to learn English. Right, okay. The team talks were in English? Yeah. Edwin was the general manager when you were there. Great guy, yeah. Yeah, he advised me a lot when I was there. Do you still speak to him now? Yeah, 100%. Andrew Narnas, trying to establish himself at United in his first season. It's been a tough season for the club, for the team. There's a massive personality and character, and you can see that in his play. play, it's emotional. at times. You can see he gets sort of, you know, he's into the game and we'll see. |
| 1:49.0 | You guys have done amazing things for this club. |
| 1:55.0 | Is it difficult when ex-players criticise the team? |
| 1:59.0 | When things are going wrong, don't go for the youngest one. I'm here to take bullets. Did you turn down or reject a contract in the end of Barcelona? When I were talking with them, they were like, Andre, you have a chance. What they were telling me is not what I found out in the end. But is it concentration? Is it something you speak about? Concentration? Yeah. |
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