Senne Lammens’ ‘ban’ on Man United stars, Sir Alex comments, training behaviour
Senne Lammens has settled into life at Manchester United with ease and the club’s new first-choice goalkeeper has aided their upturn in form
Senne Lammens has quickly adapted to life at Manchester United(Image: Getty)
Manchester United goalkeeper Senne Lammens has made the position his own since arriving from Royal Antwerp in the summer. The Belgian shot-stopper has already made a significant impact on many within the club.
Lammens was introduced as United’s No. 1 under Ruben Amorim and with Michael Carrick now at the helm, he has kept the role and doesn’t look like giving it up anytime soon. His side are now bona fide contenders for a Champions League place in the English top-flight.
The 23-year-old’s performances have been far less error-strewn than those of Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir between the sticks in recent seasons, and senior figures such as Sir Alex Ferguson have taken notice.
The Manchester Evening News brings you some of the many ways Lammens has adapted to life at Old Trafford, including a dressing room ban and his behind-the-scenes behaviour.
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Dressing room ban
Lammens appears to be quite a superstitious shot-stopper, as according to the Daily Mail he forbids any talk of keeping a clean sheet during the build-up to matches.
This approach has seemingly worked for the Belgian, who has already kept a handful of clean sheets for United this season, notably being named Player of the Match during their 1-0 win against Everton last month.
His former goalkeeper coach at Antwerp, Brian Vandenbussche, shed some light on his pre-match superstitions. He said: “I didn’t like it either… You jinx it.
“I know it’s superstition, but don’t do it. Senne has things he does in a specific order before his warm-up. He always wanted me to stand ready before he went out. He did a fist bump with the other two goalkeepers and with me, that was important to him.”
Sir Alex Ferguson admission
Late last year, comments made by legendary United boss Ferguson about Lammens came to light. In an interview with Raceday RTV, he described the 23-year-old as “outstanding.”
This praise worked its way back to Lammens and he told the club’s official podcast: “Yeah, I read it somewhere and at first I couldn’t really believe it to be honest.
“He is such a big name and especially at this club, so I was a little bit surprised, but it felt really, really good, to be honest. I haven’t met him yet so I’m looking forward to that as well.
“But coming from him, yeah, it’s really nice to hear as well, someone with so much experience and such a big name at this club. It’s only good to hear.”
Training ground behaviour
Accompanying this approval and Lammens’ structured matchday preparations are further reports suggesting he has captured the admiration of other staff members behind the scenes.
The i paper reports Lammens is one of the first players into training and often the last one out. This has supposedly earned him the respect of many around Carrington.
As per the report, he also undertakes extra sessions quite often, working on his distribution and other aspects of his game. Club officials are thought to be impressed by this.
Not one bad word has supposedly been said about the goalkeeper, who only cost United £18.2million when signed from Royal Antwerp last September.
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