Andre Onananew goalkeeper of Manchester Utd, wants to create his own legacy at Old Trafford after Erik ten Hag signed him from Inter Milan to replace David de Gea. The Dutch coach ordered him in the past at Ajax. There, in Amsterdam, Onana was suspended for doping.
This was in February 2021. Onana, now 27, was banned from all football for a year by UEFA after testing positive for furosemide, a banned drug. CAS reduced his sentence to nine months after he insisted he accidentally took one of his girlfriend Melanie’s pregnancy pills instead of a head pill.
“Everything I worked for was taken from me. ‘Andre Onana was suspended for taking drugs, like an addict. How do you explain that to your family? I understand, the law is the law. Your crazy and you paid the price. I have. But sometimes you wonder, are they punishing you to teach you a lesson or are they doing it to hurt you? I didn’t get to go to the games, practice with the team or attend the title celebration at the end of the season, even though I played every game! Until then! It’s not fair. The people around me have changed. Others are gone forever,” he laments.
In an interview with ‘The Players’ Tribune, he added: “A lot of people have seen the headlines. Onana? Oh, sanctioned for taking drugs. He is a cheater, an addict.” Even after everything that happened and the declaration of CAS and the rest, a stain remains on my name.” And he added: “In the summer, when TAS reduced the punishment to nine months, I celebrated it as if I had won the Champions League!”
But Onana didn’t give up and at Manchester United he wants to open a new page: “Now I’m playing again, I want to be a legend here, the best goalkeeper in the world.”
Source: La Verdad
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