PSV did replaced him but that guy isn't the NT keeper. That's a young guy from Feyenoord and on the EC it was Stekelenburg(who stopped playing for Holland after the EC). I would even prefer to guy for Bijlow(NT keeper, young player of Feyenoord). And Onana doesn't speak Dutch, he speaks English, Spanish and I guess French because he was borned in Cameroon? But I don't think I've ever heard him speaking Dutch.
He's been in holland since 2015, surely he knows a word or two, enough to communicate with his team mates. Enough to communicate with DeVrij. We don't need him to give an hour long lecture on quantum mechanics.
I'm sure we will go for a better keeper if one becomes available AND we have funds for that.
What better keeper? Unless you've have the next Oblak lined up, this is as good as it gets. 25 now, will easily be a top 5-10 in his peak. At the very worst case we get a prime-level Vermeer which we can live with until we scout a better keeper.
I just don't get the fuss about Onana. He has super reflexes but that's it from a very top level.
That's not true:
-shot stopping 9/10
-passing/distribution (either feet, short or long) 9/10
-1v1 ability 9/10
-speed off the line 10/10
This is at the UCL level.
Where Onana lacks:
-positioning (hard to gauge because of his reflexes)
-command of the box (7.5/10, bit too eccentric but good communicator )
-decision making (7/10, too aggressive off the line)
-claiming/catching crosses (prefers to punch the ball smh) 7/10
Most of these can be sorted out with good coaching and experience.
It looks like you're partial to a safe/conventional keeper, fundamentally sound etc, those are few and far between at an elite level and this but this sweeper keeper is the direction we're headed in unfortunately.
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