Andre Onana, the goalie for Manchester United, was one of the players who attended Saudi Arabia’s most recent boxing match in Riyadh.
One week after assisting United in overcoming Manchester City 2-1 at Wembley Stadium to win the FA Cup, Onana was in the Middle East for the celebration on Saturday night.
Turki Al-Sheikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and the man behind Saudi Arabia’s sports boom, was spotted talking to the Cameroon international and giving him a United shirt with his name on the back.
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Anthony Joshua, who saw the main events between Daniel Dubois and Filip Hrgovic and Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang, also met with Onana. Joshua will now face Dubois at Wembley in September after Zhang and Dubois prevailed.
Turki Al-Sheikh received a Manchester United shirt with his name on the back from Andre Onana.
Anthony Joshua was at ringside in Riyadh when Onana was spotted chatting with him.
Onana, who paid £47.2 million to join United from Inter Milan last summer, was one of Erik ten Hag’s players who overcome a challenging season. The 28-year-old is expected to travel to Cameroon to spend time with his family before heading back to Manchester to begin preseason training.
Before traveling to the United States, where they will play against Arsenal in Los Angeles, Real Betis in San Diego, and Liverpool in South Carolina, United will play Glasgow Rangers at Murrayfield and Rosenborg in Norway. On August 10, United and City will face off once more in the Community Shield.