'We have to accept' - Andre Onana answers the question everyone is asking about Manchester United

Andre Onana has backed Ruud van Nistelrooy to become part of Ruben Amorim's backroom staff at Manchester United.

Van Nistelrooy returned to United in the summer after a shake-up to Erik ten Hag's coaching team and immediately struck up a great relationship with the players in the dressing room.

The former striker, who made 219 appearances for United, was considered a shrewd assistant manager appointment and took over on an interim basis when Ten Hag was sacked.

Van Nistelrooy will manage just one more game - against Leicester on Sunday - as interim boss and Ruben Amorim will officially start work as head coach on Monday but he is set to bring his own coaches to Manchester, which has created uncertainty around Van Nistelrooy's future.

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The Dutchman is hugely popular with the players, who have voiced their support for him to remain at United.

Onana was the latest to join the calls for Van Nistelrooy to be kept as part of Amorim's staff and discussed his future when chatting with TNT Sports on Thursday.

When Onana was asked whether he wanted Van Nistelrooy to stay, he said: "100 per cent. He's a very good guy, a very good coach and since he's been here, he's helped us a lot.

"He has so much spirit and he's done amazing since he's here, you know. We have him a few days as a head coach, which is different, but he's done amazing, fantastic and players are happy.

"But at the end of the day, it's not something we can decide because the club make the decisions. We have to accept and this has to be between him and the club because they decide what is best."

Assistant coaches Carlos Fernandes and Adelio Candido followed Amorim from Braga to Sporting in 2020 and are both expected to follow the 39-year-old to Old Trafford this month.

Ineos freshened up Ten Hag's backroom staff in the summer, hiring Van Nistelrooy, Rene Hake and Andreas Georgson.