Andre Onana has credited the Man United fans for helping him recover from a tough start to his career at Old Trafford and improve his performances in the second half of the season.
Speaking to ESPN, he said: “I received a lot of positive messages when I arrived here and when I was facing difficulty here, [the] message from the fans, from Manchester United fans [across] the whole world there was like, 'André take your time. We know who you are and everything will be all right.
“But it was strange because normally a fan, a normal fan is just looking for the result. But I received message[s]... 'André, don't worry, we are with you. Keep going.'
“They trust me and I was like, 'wow, I never had this before.' Most of the time [wherever] you go, when you don't deliver in the beginning they're straight.
“It is difficult. But here they were very nice with me and I think it's time maybe now to start to pay back now because they were very nice with me.”
Onana was the victim of a lot of criticism in the first half of the 23/24 campaign, as he made notable errors in big games – and his poor performances was one of the causes for the Champions League group stages elimination too.
However, the Cameroonian goalkeeper has improved his performances since the turn of the year and now has eight clean sheets in 33 Premier League games this season – as well as the leading goalkeeper in terms of saves made in the Premier League in this campaign too.
