Senne Lammens: Man United make “preliminary contact” with Royal Antwerp

Manchester United’s dismal performances final season have been marked by particular person errors at each ends of the pitch.

The membership have taken steps to deal with the shortage of targets which was typified by first-choice centre-forward Rasmus Hojlund scoring solely 4 instances within the Premier League by signing Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.

Ruben Amorim nonetheless wants a brand new striker however with two established goalscorers now added to the ranks the membership are wanting between the sticks, the place Andre Onana’s place is underneath menace.

Goalkeeper troubles

Onana has been at Outdated Trafford for 2 years and is but to place collectively an honest run of kind, as an alternative changing into a shaky presence between the posts the place he has made some extremely expensive errors.

Backup keeper Altay Bayindir has additionally did not persuade when given the possibility and his time at United appears to be up – though makes an attempt to ship him again to Turkey have been unsuccessful.

Amorim seems prepared to again Onana regardless of his error-strewn kind final season, however the Cameroonian picked up a hamstring damage which can pressure United into the market.

Lammens on the record

The Crimson Devils have been linked earlier than with Royal Antwerp keeper Senne Lammens, who has reacted very positively to the prospect of shifting to United.

His present crew have already signed a brand new goalkeeper so there may be each probability the 23-year-old shall be on the transfer this summer season.

And his vacation spot might be Outdated Trafford, as Fabrizio Romano has now confirmed that the Crimson Devils have made “preliminary contact” with the Belgian facet to be “knowledgeable on deal situations”.

Lammens is among the “principal names” on United’s record in the event that they do transfer for a brand new goalkeeper this summer season. Romano additionally acknowledged that Aston Villa shotstopper Emi Martinez is an choice, however he’s costlier.

There’s presently no indication from Romano of what Antwerp’s asking value could also be, however Martinez is regarded as valued at round £40m – though could also be accessible for €25m attributable to a rumoured secret clause in his contract.

Onana’s damage just isn’t as critical as first thought, and will he surge again to health the necessity to signal a brand new goalkeeper could scale back, though there’ll nonetheless be query marks over his suitability for the position.

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