Man United transfer news: Paul Scholes suggests Red Devils may need to make difficult decision and bring in replacement for 24-year-old

By Matt Law | 15 Sep 2026 12:33, Last updated: 15 Sep 2026 12:36

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has doubted whether Senne Lammens is the reply for the Red Devils betwixt the sticks.

Lammens has established himself arsenic Man United's fig 1 goalkeeper since making the power from Belgian outfit Royal Antwerp during past summer's transportation window.

However, the 24-year-old has lone kept 9 cleanable sheets successful his 38 appearances for the Red Devils, conceding 48 times successful the process.

Lammens has already conceded 7 times successful 4 Premier League matches this season.

Scholes has questioned whether the Belgian is the top-class goalkeeper that Man United request successful bid to instrumentality to being a palmy outfit.

Man United struggles: Scholes unconvinced by Lammens

“What squad person you seen triumph the Premier League without a top-class goalkeeper?” Scholes said connected The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast. "Lammens mightiness beryllium that, I don’t know. I deliberation the jury’s astir apt inactive retired connected that.

“You request a top-class goalkeeper. You deliberation of Liverpool’s squad with Alisson, City’s teams with… [David] Raya at Arsenal, Man United with Peter Schmeichel and Edwin van der Sar.

“They’ve each got brilliant, superb goalkeepers. You commencement from the back, of people you do. Whether Michael [Carrick] has conscionable got to beryllium diligent and hold for that, I don’t know.”

Could Man United look to regenerate Lammens?

There are nary suggestions astatine this infinitesimal successful clip that Man United are acrophobic astir Lammens, who has been mostly awesome since his accomplishment astatine Old Trafford.

Lammens volition surely beryllium wanting much cleanable sheets, arsenic they person been hard to find since his arrival, but galore of the issues person travel up of him.

Man United are simply not defending good capable arsenic a squad astatine this infinitesimal successful time, with absorption sides fixed encouragement of uncovering the backmost of the nett against them.

The 20-time English champions are expected to overhaul their defence during adjacent summer's transportation window, with a right-back, left-back and astatine slightest 1 centre-back perchance arriving.

There volition beryllium nary contiguous fix, though, and it volition beryllium absorbing to spot whether Lammens' back-up Karl Darlow is handed his debut for Man United successful Wednesday's EFL Cup clash with Brighton & Hove Albion.