Andre Onana made history on Wednesday by becoming the first goalkeeper to play three European finals with three different clubs - but that's only half the story. Onana, 29, was in goal as missed their chance to salvage something wrong their wretched season and lost the final to .
The international but had a quiet evening compared to the rest of the campaign. When the full-time whistle went, it was deja vu for Onana.
That's because the goalkeeper has lost all three of his European finals playing for , and now United. It was the Red Devils who inflicted his first loss in the 2017 Europa League final.
United beat Dutch giants Ajax 2-0 in Stockholm, as Onana conceded to a deflected strike and an acrobatic goal from . Six years later, Onana tasted defeat with Inter as they lost 1-0 to in the final.
Then came Wednesday, as United produced a dire performance in Bilbao and ended the season trophy-less. Onana quickly took off his runners-up medal during the ceremony, having become accustomed to settling for second place in Europe.
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His future at Old Trafford has been in the spotlight after a string of mistakes this season, failing to improve on his error-laden first campaign with the Red Devils. But without Champions League football, which would've provided United boss with £100million more to spend on transfers, it's unlikely that United will sign a replacement - unless he opts to leave.
"We are going to suffer because we don't have Champions League and it's hard on the club, but on the other side we will have more time to develop the team, to pay attention to our academy and to prepare for the future," Amorim explained. "That is clear. We need to use every minute to improve the team and we always have plans to go to the summer."
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The Portuguese added: "We have two plans, even for the market and we need to understand it's tough for a club like ours not to be in the Champions League. But we have to use the other side.
"If we have more time, we have more time to think, to work during the week and to be better in the . That will be our focus."
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