Man Utd ‘very close’ to signing Villa star before Ten Hag went against board with rejection

It has been claimed that Manchester United were very close to signing Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez before Erik ten Hag went against the board.

One of s transfer priorities during last summer s transfer window was to sign a new goalkeeper following David De Gea s exit on a free transfer upon the expiry of his contract.

The Red Devils were linked with Atletico Madrid s Jan Oblak and Porto s Diogo Dalot before they paid around £42m to sign Andre Onana from Serie A giants Inter Milan.

This deal saw the head coach reunite with Onana after they previously worked together at Ajax.

Onana endured a difficult start at Man Utd and he particularly struggled in the Champions League, but he grew into the season and arguably proved to be a successful sig…