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Ajax keeper Andre Onana ‘dreaming of Premier League transfer’ after missing out on move to Chelsea or Tottenham
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AJAX’S Andre Onana is reportedly ‘dreaming of a Premier League move’ after missing out on a switch to Chelsea and Tottenham.
The goalkeeper, 24, dropped a clanger last night to cost his side on his potential audition in England.
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The Cameroon star, valued between £40m-£50m, completely misjudged a cross in the Champions League clash at Liverpool to allow Curtis Jones to score the only goal of the game.
However, the state that has not deterred him from trying to get a move to the Prem at the second time of asking.
Onana's representatives held talks with Chelsea over the summer before the Blues opted to bring in Edouard Mendy from Rennes instead.
Tottenham were also keen, but Jose Mourinho decided to stick with Hugo Lloris and brought in Joe Hart as back-up on a free.
This is Onana’s seventh season in Amsterdam after initially coming through Barcelona’s youth ranks.
But today’s report states his ‘ambitions have not been tempered’ and the English top-flight ‘remains his preferred destination’.
Onana has been among the best goalkeepers in the Champions League for each of the past two seasons, according to UEFA’s technical reports.
He ranked first for goals prevented (5.27) and also had the highest save percentage (82) out of the competition’s stoppers.
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And he has already seen two of his former team-mates head off to England over the last year.
Hakim Ziyech – a close friend of the goalkeeper – joined Frank Lampard’s Chelsea in the summer.
And he was followed out of the exit door by Donny van de Beek, who headed to Manchester United in a £39m deal.
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