Senne Lammens To Miss Antwerp Game As Manchester United Move Draws Near

Senne Lammens is group to miss Royal Antwerp’s lucifer against Mechelen connected Sunday owed to his €20m (£17m) projected transportation to Manchester United.

The existent scheme is that nan 23-year-old goalkeeper has been stood down from nan 12.30pm (11.30am BST) Pro League fixture, pinch United expecting his move to go charismatic imminently.

Ruben Amorim wants to motion Lammens arsenic title to André Onana, who has been United’s No 1 but has travel nether scrutiny. While nan Cameroonian is believed to person travelled to westbound London for Sunday afternoon’s Premier League crippled astatine Fulham, his starting spot is successful nan balance.

The 29-year-old Onana was near retired of nan squad for the opening-day nonaccomplishment to Arsenal past weekend. His replacement, Altay Bayindir, made an correction that straight led to Riccardo Calafiori’s winning extremity astatine Old Trafford.

Onana expects to stay astatine Manchester United beyond nan existent transportation window, having been made alert that nan nine person rebuffed inquiries from different clubs for his services – but he is now poised to look further unit for his spot from Lammens.

Lammens is simply a 6’ 3” Belgium Under-21 world who made his elder debut for Club Brugge successful July 2021 earlier moving to Antwerp 2 years later. His first quality for nan nine was that November, successful a 2-0 Champions League conclusion by Porto.

Bayindir presently earns astir £80,000 per week, truthful if Lammens does subordinate United, he tin expect a akin salary. Onana is besides apt to miss portion of nan play because of his engagement successful Cameroon’s Africa Cup of Nations run successful Morocco.