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Manchester United look like on the verge of fixing their goalkeeping woes following a recent breakthrough in negotiations over Royal Antwerp shot-stopper Senne Lammens.
Final evening, Man United suffered a humiliating defeat by the hands of Grimsby City, dropping 12-11 on penalties after drawing 2-2 in regular time.
Regardless of fielding a powerful facet, Ruben Amorim’s males largely underperformed all through the conflict.
However whereas the crew was capable of ramp up its attacking efforts to beat a two-goal deficit, it was a shambolic goalkeeping show by Andre Onana that resulted in United being positioned in such a dire place within the first place.
With Altay Bayindir additionally struggling, it appears as if United don’t have any in-house resolution to their goalkeeping dilemma. Nonetheless, the switch market seems to offer a super repair.
The hyperlink with Lammens
For a lot of the continuing switch window, United have been linked with Antwerp’s Lammens.
Final weekend, The Peoples Individual relayed that United have been engaged in face-to-face talks with Lammens’ representatives in an effort to get a deal over the road.
Talks seem to have progressed since then. Two days in the past, it was reported that Galatasaray entered the race for the goalkeeper, allegedly providing him a superior monetary package deal to United.
Clearly, United are refusing to take this mendacity down, ought to a recent replace show right.
Negotiations enter closing stretch
“Manchester United are on the verge of finishing the signing of Royal Antwerp goalkeeper Senne Lammens for a payment of round €20m,” CaughtOffside reported this morning.
“CaughtOffside have consulted a number of sources near the deal and it appears Man Utd are closing in on an settlement with Antwerp.”
“The Pink Devils initially made a bid within the area of €17m for Lammens, however additional talks have seen them enhance the general package deal to nearer to €20m,” the article continued, indicating United’s lively makes an attempt to outprice Galatasaray and different potential rivals, together with Inter Milan.
“‘A full settlement is now inside attain,” one supply mentioned. This was confirmed by one other, who mentioned: ‘United are getting ready to securing this deal. Negotiations have entered the ultimate stretch,’” the report concluded.
With the switch window set to shut on September 1, United might want to act quick in the event that they hope to signal Lammens and at last overcome their ongoing goalkeeping nightmare.
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