Manchester United’s Andre Onana has rejoined the Cameroon squad after walking out on the team during last year’s World Cup after an argument with the head coach.
Manchester United’s new goalkeeper Andre Onana has been recalled to Cameroon’s squad some nine months after he walked out on the team during the World Cup in Qatar.
Onana was named on Tuesday by coach Rigobert Song in the squad for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Burundi in Garoua on September 12, where the Indomitable Lions need only a draw to guarantee a place at January’s finals in the Ivory Coast.
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Onana, 27, left the Cameroon squad in Qatar last November after their opening group game against Switzerland following a dispute with Song over tactics and training.
The Cameroon Football Federation said he was suspended and had been sent home and he has not played for the country since, having announced his retirement from international football.
But on Tuesday at a press conference in Yaounde, Song denied there had been a problem with Onana and said it was natural that as the best available goalkeeper he was in the squad.
“There was never a problem with Andre, the door has always been open to him and we are happy he is coming back to join the group,” said Song.
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