Luckhurst: Man Utd have decided to sell £48.1m duo in summer after summer signing steals their limelight

Manchester United are preparing to sever ties with both Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir when the summer transfer window opens, according to Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News, with the club hoping to recoup at least £18.8 million from Onana’s exit to remain on the right side of the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules.

The pair arrived in the same window for a combined £48.1 million—Bayindir from Fenerbahce for £4.3 million and Onana from Inter for £43.8 million—after Erik ten Hag, then in the Old Trafford dug-out, lobbied hard for the Cameroonian to become David de Gea’s long-term successor.

What followed was a dramatic fall from grace. Onana shipped 83 goals in 51 matches during his first season and kept only 13 clean sheets, form that did not improve in year two. A Europa League final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in which he was at fault for both goals accelerated his demotion; by the closing weeks of 2024/25 he had been usurped by Bayindir for four of the final seven league fixtures.

The 2025/26 campaign offered a last chance, but a calamitous Carabao Cup second-round outing at Grimsby Town—two first-half concessions and 12 penalties let in during the shoot-out—proved the final straw. Days later he joined Turkish side Trabzonspor on loan, effectively ending his United career.

Bayindir’s own stint as Ruben Amorim’s No. 1 fared little better: 11 goals conceded in six early-season matches, no clean sheets and three defeats. Besiktas tabled a winter-window bid for the 26-year-old, yet United declined, unwilling to leave rookie Jasper Lammens and 39-year-old Tom Heaton as the only senior keepers on the books.

With neither goalkeeper convincing, United now intend to move both on, banking on fresh faces to restore stability between the posts.