{"id":349054,"date":"2025-12-15T07:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349054\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:10:11","slug":"former-man-utd-star-outlines-why-andre-onana-failed-at-old-trafford-with-senne-lammens-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349054\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Man Utd star outlines why Andre Onana failed at Old Trafford with Senne Lammens claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andre Onana is currently out on loan at Trabzonspor and his Manchester United successor Senne Lammens has yet to struggle at Old Trafford in the same way as the Cameroonian<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Trabzonspor-v-Alanyaspor-Turkish-Super-Lig.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Onana at Trabzonspor\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Andre Onana is at Trabzonspor on loan after a tough season at Manchester United(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Former <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Manchester UnitedLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Manchester United<\/a> goalkeeper <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/mark-bosnich\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Mark BosnichLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Mark Bosnich<\/a> believes Senne Lammens has already shown he&#8217;s not at risk of running into the same problems as predecessor <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/andre-onana\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Andre OnanaLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Andre Onana<\/a>. Lammens joined from Royal Antwerp on transfer deadline day, all but ending Onana&#8217;s United career &#8211; <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/man-utd-transfers-onana-amorim-36288650\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"even if he hasn&#039;t given up on one day returningLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">even if he hasn&#8217;t given up on one day returning<\/a> &#8211; and the Cameroon international moved on loan to Trabzonspor just a few days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Bosnich had two spells at Old Trafford under <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/alex-ferguson\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Sir Alex FergusonLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> before losing his place to Fabien Barthez and also witnessed Massimo Taibi struggle after joining United from Venezia. Onana made a similar switch to Taibi, excelling in Serie A but finding things tougher at Old Trafford with some impressive displays overshadowed by a number of high-profile errors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Onana was excellent at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/inter-milan\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"InterLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Inter<\/a>. They had just got to the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/champions-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Champions LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Champions League<\/a> final with Inter. They might have won it if Romelu Lukaku had taken that chance for an equaliser late on,&#8221; Bosnich told <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15382573\/Manchester-United-Mark-Bosnich-Sir-Alex-Ferguson-hospital-pass.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The MailLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">The Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;But he also had brilliant defenders in front of him there. He was very, very well protected. And then he came to United and he didn\u2019t have that situation in front of him and he wasn\u2019t as well protected and you have the combative style of the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Premier LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Premier League<\/a> and Onana struggled to assert himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I don\u2019t see Lammens having those problems. He\u2019s only 23 but he\u2019s already proved he can deal with whatever\u2019s thrown at him. He\u2019s very, very good with his feet. He reminds me a bit of Thibault Courtois, who\u2019s Belgian as well, of course. &#8220;He has settled in very quickly. He\u2019s young but I think United have got their long-term keeper now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/man-utd-bryan-mbeumo-afcon-36400622\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36400622\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd drop Bryan Mbeumo hint before Bournemouth match amid late AFCON uncertainty<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/ferdinand-salah-carragher-liverpool-manutd-36397445\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36397445\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rio Ferdinand reignites Jamie Carragher feud with pointed Mo Salah comment<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">United boss Ruben Amorim sympathised with Onana after the keeper&#8217;s struggles last season, but insisted the time was right to make a change. \u201cWe saw Andre had a very, very good season at Inter. The quality is there. But we are in the club and sometimes, in the moment, things can get harder and harder,&#8221; he said after deciding to move for a new No.1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cYou can be really experienced but in this club, the pressure is sometimes so hard on every detail. I think we understood that this needed a change. Sometimes it\u2019s hard to point why. It\u2019s the performance, the moments. The bad luck in some moments was hard on him, was hard on us. Our thinking is to have a change in the goalkeepers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Wolverhampton-Wanderers-v-Manchester-United-Premier-League.jpg\" alt=\"Senne Lammens during Wolves vs Man Utd\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Senne Lammens has impressed at the start of his Manchester United career(Image: Offside via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lammens was eased into the starting XI, with Amorim leaving the Belgian on the bench for three games before bringing him into the line-up in place of Altay Bayindir. While he has only recorded one clean sheet, his assuredness between the sticks has won him plaudits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 23-year-old is expected to continue in goal on Monday when United face <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/afc-bournemouth\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Bournemouth<\/a> in the Premier League. 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