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Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has praised AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan for influencing his football career in Italy.

Onana insists Maignan helped him work his way into the No1 position while with Inter Milan.

“He’s a very good goalkeeper and a very good person, someone I appreciate a lot,” Onana told Carre.

“We’ve enjoyed playing against each other several times, in Italy, in the Champions League. I’d heard about him, he’d heard about me, and I’d always say to myself: ‘Okay, there’s some serious competition’.

“We have to go out there and take each other out, because we forget everything else on the pitch. If he has a good kicking game, I have to show that I am better. If he makes a good save, I have to show that I am better.”

Onana continued: “The best matches were when I arrived at Inter. Mike Maignan was the guardian for our rivals. He won the Scudetto, he was the champion of Italy, the best goalkeeper in Italy. Me, I arrived at Inter and Simone Inzaghi said: ‘Samir Handanovic will be my goalkeeper’.

“I arrived and I already felt conflicted, s***. I arrived as a number two.”

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