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United's Onana defends Garnacho's gorilla emojis post

By AAP Newswire

Oct 27, 2023

Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has defended teammate Alejandro Garnacho after the winger used gorilla emojis in a social media post about him.

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The 19-year-old Argentina international posted a photo of players congratulating Onana for stopping a penalty late in United's 1-0 win over Copenhagen in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Garnacho used two gorilla emojis above the photo in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. It was then deleted.

People cannot choose what I should be offended by. â€” Andre Onana (@AndreyOnana) I know exactly what @agarnacho7 meant: power & strength.This matter should go no further.AO24 pic.twitter.com/RDzhwLI3BX October 26, 2023

Onana, who is Black, wrote on his Instagram Story he understood what Garnacho meant.

"People cannot choose what I should be offended by," the Cameroon international wrote on Thursday. "I know exactly what (Garnacho) meant: power & strength. This matter should go no further."

The Football Association could still take action, however.

Onana also posted a photo of himself and Garnacho hugging, and he added two fist-bumping emojis.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press