{"id":73035,"date":"2025-07-18T15:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/73035\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:59:10","slug":"man-utd-has-been-on-senne-lammens-mind-for-months-he-would-jump-at-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/73035\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd has been on Senne Lammens&#8217; mind for months, he would jump at move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manchester United have wanted to bolster the goalkeeping position this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/andre-onana\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Onana<\/a> had a disappointing campaign between the sticks, fans are keen to see change in the position.<\/p>\n<p>However, selling Onana looked like a difficult task for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> with no clubs putting their hands up with interest in the opening weeks of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/will-i-leave-andre-onana-gives-8-word-verdict-on-his-man-utd-future\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Onana has stated a desire to remain at Old Trafford<\/a> beyond this summer and due to that the prospect of signing a big money replacement was instantly wiped off the table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/edwin-van-der-sar-tells-ruben-amorim-top-class-man-utd-player-is-going-to-be-great-next-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edwin van der Sar has backed Onana to improve<\/a> next season, urging Ruben Amorim to stick with the former Ajax goalkeeper and this looked likely to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Despite returning to Carrington for training, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/man-utd-youngster-has-golden-opportunity-during-pre-season-as-andre-onana-suffers-injury-blow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Onana has picked up an injury<\/a> to keep him out of pre-season. Which has ignited the search for a goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2218244892-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"Senne Lammens attempts to pull off save for Royal Antwerp.\" class=\"wp-image-285093\" \/>Photo by Isosport\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesSenne Lammens has already responded to Manchester United links<\/p>\n<p>With a goalkeeper now becoming a priority, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/man-utd-ready-to-push-ahead-with-talks-to-sign-17m-star-to-rival-andre-onana-this-summer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United are pushing forward to sign Senne Lammens<\/a>, as <strong>United in Focus<\/strong> exclusively revealed, with the 23-year-old a long term target, having been linked for much of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/belgian-talent-reacts-to-special-manchester-united-rumours-teammates-keep-talking-about-old-trafford-move\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lammens spoke about moving to United<\/a> and admitted he would be very interested in the chances of this move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time I heard it, I thought: wow, Immediately a world team that follows you. That is special,\u201d said Lammens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, I was also spoken to about it a lot and when I made a save in training, it was United this, United that. Funny, I would do it the other way around too. But you can\u2019t dwell on it for too long. They are still just rumours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/20m-player-man-utd-want-to-sign-is-the-best-in-his-league-at-key-quality-puts-andre-onana-to-shame\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lammens was first linked in December<\/a> and has long been considered a second choice goalkeeper who would seriously push Onana for his place as the starter.<\/p>\n<p>Lammens has potential to be one of Europe\u2019s best goalkeepers<\/p>\n<p>Onana has far from nailed down a place in the starting line-up under Amorim, which even saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/altay-bayindir\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Altay Bayindir<\/a> threaten to displace the Cameroonian.<\/p>\n<p>So with the possible arrival of Lammens, Onana would absolutely have to up his game. The Belgian goalkeeper is seen as the best in his country, and the stats from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/player\/senne-lammens\/964753?utm_source=unitedinfocus.com&amp;utm_medium=FootballPlayerCard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SofaScore<\/a> prove that he could soon be the best in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lammens-1-984x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic showing Senne Lammens' 2024-25 stats.\" class=\"wp-image-285114\" \/>Infographic from SofaScore showing Senne Lammens\u2019 2024-25 stats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/man-utd-fans-react-as-club-steps-up-efforts-to-sign-baby-courtois-three-words-sum-up-sentiment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lammens is seen as a \u2018baby Courtois\u2019<\/a>, which is an exciting prediction.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Lammens led the Belgian Pro League for saves (127) and also the highest save percentage (81.4%) out of all other goalkeepers.<\/p>\n<p>Lammens also conceded a massive 14.5 goals less than his expected goals would have predicted which is a huge over performance, showing he is a top shot stopper.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have wanted to bolster the goalkeeping position this summer. 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