'Onana to Arsenal? It's a fantastic club, but it has slipped in recent years'

Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has won his appeal, or at least partially won it, since his doping suspension has been shortened from twelve to nine months by the sports tribunal CAS. The goalkeeper's suspension now ends in November, but he will be allowed to resume training activities on September 4, two months before the end of his suspension. The Cameroonian will probably leave the club, since his contract ends in 2022.

Suspended Cameroonian a new Arsenal keeper?

Ajax is expected to cash in between 780 million and 1.1 billion Ksh for the talented player, and it has been reported more than once that Arsenal is on the lookout. But former Ajax and Real Madrid star Wesley Sneijder hopes that Andre Onana will not go to Arsenal, but to a top club. He prefers to see the Cameroonian at FC Barcelona or Real Madrid.

„It is almost certain that Onana will leave Ajax. I expect him to leave. I think he is a great goalkeeper. European top? Yes, certainly. I'd rather not see him at Arsenal. It's a fantastic club, but it has slipped in recent years. I'd rather see him play at Real Madrid or FC Barcelona" said Sneijder at Voetbal International Live.

Doping ban for Arsenal's African target reduced, Gunners ready to pounce

2010 UEFA midfielder of the season criticized CAS for reducing the suspension for only three months.

"I think it's nonsense. If you can reduce such a sentence by three months, why not by six months? Let that boy start with the preparation. He has already had his sentence, right? If he has missed six months, it is fine? If you bring it back, you are actually admitting that you have made a mistake" said Sneijder.

Last October he tested positive for furosemide, a banned diuretic often used as a masking agent to hide the presence of other drugs. However, he defended by saying he was feeling unwell and took a pill prescribed for his girlfriend from a packet he mistook for aspirin “because the packaging was almost identical”.