Gary Neville after Man Utd’s win over Everton (Picture: Sky Sports)
Gary Neville has been pleasantly surprised by Manchester United goalkeeper Senne Lammens after being ‘concerned’ by his arrival at Old Trafford.
United signed Belgium international Lammens last summer in an £18m deal from Royal Antwerp.
Lammens, 23, was expected to be United’s back-up goalkeeper but soon moved ahead of Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir in the pecking order.
While clean sheets have been hard to come by, Lammens has contributed to a Manchester United side who have won five of their last six games, climbing into the Champions League places under caretaker manager Michael Carrick.
Lammens impressed in United’s 1-0 win over Everton on Monday night and was described as ‘bloody brilliant’ by Toffees boss David Moyes after the match.
Neville picked Lammens as his ‘man of the match’ at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and said the 23-year-old has a ‘big, big future’ at Manchester United.
Lammens has clearly won over Neville who was initially ‘concerned’ by his arrival at the club and feared he would get ‘eaten up’ in the Premier League.
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Senne Lammens joined Manchester United last summer (Picture: Getty)
‘The goalkeeper, I thought, was my man of the match tonight – not necessarily because he made loads of amazing saves, but everything he did he just did really calmly and well,’ Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast.
‘The tip over the bar at the end, there was a shot that just bounced in front of him and he just held it, and then Everton had 10 corners.
‘He didn’t deal with every single one but he dealt with a lot of them, and I think having a goalkeeper of composure who just does his job calmly, isn’t frantic, isn’t sort of rushing around, I think makes a big difference in moments like that when you come into a place like this and they’re putting enormous pressure on you.
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‘I’ve said it before, people get tired me saying it, I do think [the goalkeeper] is the most difficult position and most scrutinised position in English football.
‘I had my concerns when he came in, I thought: “Why would you take a chance with a goalkeeper who’s young, who’s not got the pedigree, he’s played in a different league, he’s going to come to Manchester United and it could eat him up”.
‘It is early, but he looks like he’s got the temperament and he’s got the technical quality, he’s doing the right things – he holds the ball when he should hold it, he punches when he should punch, but even when he punches it’s not one of those wild punches – everything seems under control.
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‘This kid, he’s come in and I really have been impressed with him. He looks like he’s got a big, big future.
‘If you think about it, the clouds were circling under Ruben Amorim and I still thought that [Lammens] was doing quite well in that period, so now in a team that’s winning he looks even better.
‘I think overall throughout the whole period, coming in at a challenging time [with] an ever-changing defence [under Amorim], I think he’s done brilliantly well.’
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has also been impressed by Lammens’ first season in the Premier League.
‘He’s doing well,’ Van der Sar, who won four Premier League titles at United, told Sky Bet.
‘Of course, it’s only been seven or eight months, but it certainly looks like he knows the physicality of the Premier League – I see him coming for balls in the penalty spot and he claims them with confidence, makes saves when needed, not looking to make saves when not necessary. ‘I’m not here day-to-day and I don’t see all of the games, but he looks like he has a good package with him to be here [at Manchester United] for a long time.’
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