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Ajax goalkeeper André Onana: I had Barcelona, PSG offers

Ajax goalkeeper André Onana admits he turned down an offer from Barcelona last summer.

Onana is a former Barca junior and was linked with a return to replace Jasper Cillessen, now of Valencia.

And the Cameroon No1 confirmed the reports yesterday: "Barça came back this summer. It's my house. I was part of that club. Logically, they always want to take back one of theirs.

"It may not have been a good time to return. Maybe I'll never go back! But this summer, it was not good to do it."

Onana also told RMC: "I had enquiries from PSG.

"These are things that were managed with my agent. We discussed it several times. He told me that Paris was interested..."

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