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<\/p>\nManchester United icon Lee Sharpe has savaged Andre Onana following his latest disasterclass against Galatasaray in the Champions League.<\/p>\n
The Cameroonian keeper produced another baffling howler as he haphazardly bungled former Chelsea ace Hakim Ziyech's tame free-kick into his own net. The goal, conceded with United 3-1 up, shifted the game's momentum allowing Galatasaray to claw their way back and seal a 3-3 draw, all but ending the Red Devils' hopes of reaching the knockout stage.<\/p>\n
Speaking exclusively to Daily Star Sport<\/b>, via 888Sport, Sharpe said Onana needs to go back to the drawing board and "learn the basics of goalkeeping" if he hopes to turn his Old Trafford career around.<\/p>\n
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"As much as he is a character and good on the ball, he's made some silly mistakes as far as catching and keeping the ball goes," Sharpe, 52, told us. "I still think he'll come good, but he needs to learn fast about the basics of goalkeeping."<\/p>\n
Onana's \u00a347million summer arrival from Inter Milan garnered an excited buzz around Old Trafford, particularly given the former Ajax keeper's prior success with Erik ten Hag and his richly-sought-after ball-playing and distribution abilities. But his early United career has been blighted by blunders.<\/p>\n
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He was lucky to avoid conceding a penalty on his debut after clattering into Wolves' Sasa Kalajdzic, and gaffes against Bayern Munich, Brentford and Galatasaray over the following few weeks all but shattered the indomitable reputation he arrived with after such a strong 2022\/23 campaign in Italy.<\/p>\n
His dreadful performance on Wednesday saw waves of United supporters demanding he be dropped on social media, with some even urging the club to sign a new shot-stopper in January. Sharpe, however, urged for calm, but said he thought it was a mistake to get rid of Onana's predecessor, David de Gea, so readily.<\/p>\n
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"Letting De Gea go was a little bit premature," the former England winger said. "I know it's easy to look back in hindsight now but the standard De Gea had set over the last 10 years at the club, he'd been incredible.<\/p>\n
"He was winning Players' Player of the Year, Supporters' Player of the Year, God knows how many times. To get rid of him the way they did was a bit of a surprise."<\/p>\n
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Sharpe, 52, played over 200 times for Man United between 1988 and 1996. He also played for Leeds and Bradford and earned eight caps for his country. The left-footed wing wizard was the first of 'Fergie's Fledglings' – the name coined for United youngsters who broke into the first team under Sir Alex Ferguson (a homage to the iconic 'Busby Babes') – to truly make a splash, and for a time kept a young Ryan Giggs out of the team.<\/p>\n
A build-up of injuries curtailed his career and by the turn of the Millennium he was playing lower league football. He hung up his boots in 2004 following short stints at Exeter, Portsmouth and at Icelandic side Grindavik.<\/p>\n