What Amadou Onana said when agent suggested January transfer away from Everton

Amadou Onana

Everton midfielder Amadou Onana’s sister and agent Melissa has made a claim about last month’s transfer windowAmadou Onana could have left Everton during the winter transfer window claims his agent.Onana, who joined Everton from Lille for £33.5million in August 22, was linked with a potential move away from Goodison Park in January with Premier League title contenders Arsenal reputed to be among his suitors. The ECHO understands that Manchester United also maintain an interest in the 22-year-old who Goodison Park chiefs value higher than compatriot Romeo Lavia who joined Chelsea from Southampton for £58million last summer.over time, he can become as good as – or even better – than Moises Caicedo, who also headed to Stamford Bridge last summer for a British record £115million fee.

Onana’s agent is his sibling Melissa whose sacrifices, including the “tough journey” she made to help give him his big break when she was battling with cancer, were acknowledged by the player in an interview given last October for Black History Month UK’s ‘Saluting our Sisters’ theme.Speaking to journalist Sacha Tavolieri on his YouTube show, Sport Witness cite Melissa Onana as revealing to Noyau Dur that her brother/client had the chance to leave Goodison Park last month but decided to stay with Sean Dyche’s side. She said: “We could have left this winter, but we once again sat down and asked the question whether it’s the right time, if the player is ready. My job is to put opportunities on the table.“In the end, he’s the one who makes the choice because it’s his life and his career. I put the opportunities on the table and he said ‘No, I want to stay at Everton and I want to continue to fight’.”

Amadou Onana

Asked by fellow guest Lance Kawaya, himself a retired footballer, whether she agreed with her brother’s decision to stay at Everton, Melissa said: “I’m lucky that my brother is intelligent, which isn’t the case for all players, so I give him the pros and the cons of a situation that’s on the table.“We talk about it, he asks me my opinion, and I say ‘this is what I think’. Then, he makes his choice.“Personally, I’m also not a fan of transfers during the winter. Often, it’s to put a stop to a bad situation.“It’s clubs that are trying to turn a situation around after the transfers they did in the summer. They are clubs that are bleeding, trying to find a plaster.”

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