Manchester United are considering making a move for Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez before Monday's transfer deadline.
United have been looking to address their goalkeeping issues and have been negotiating with Royal Antwerp about their highly rated 23-year-old Belgian Senne Lammens.
Lammens is keen to join United and has been left out of Antwerp's past two games. It is known the Belgian Pro League club need to make a sizeable sale so they can meet an external loan they have previously taken out.
However, he lacks high-level experience, while Martinez is a World Cup winner with Argentina and a two-time Fifa goalkeeper of the year with 197 Premier League appearances under his belt.
After Saturday's 3-2 victory over Burnley, United head coach Ruben Amorim admitted: "I think it is hard to be a Manchester United goalkeeper in this moment."
Current keepers Altay Bayindir and Andre Onana have each made mistakes already this season. Bayindir's latest blunder would have cost United victory against Burnley had it not been for Bruno Fernandes' injury-time penalty.
Turkish side Galatasaray are interested in Lammens but could also move for Bayindir or Onana, should United decide the Belgium youth international is their preferred option.
It is being stressed by United sources they will only sign one goalkeeper at most before the window closes at 19:00 BST on Monday.
They did inquire about taking 32-year-old Martinez on loan at the start of the summer but Villa told them they were not interested.
Martinez appeared to say farewell to the club's supporters at the end of last season but he featured in last week's defeat at Brentford.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3ezgv57vj7o
United back in for Martinez
posted on 31/8/25
I think it would be a wise move. In an ideal world we get rid of both our keepers, bring in Martinez for the short term and also Lammens for the long term. Lammens might have to wait until January or next summer. Maybe get a deal in place to sign his next summer and let him develop.
posted on 31/8/25
@mcgrathmike
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Manchester United have made Senne Lammens their GK priority + now speaking club-to-club with Royal Antwerp. Deal has moved closer for 23yo Belgian. #MUFC have discussed Emi Martinez today as deal for Lammens never guaranteed until formalities completed
posted on 31/8/25
I still believe the one place that our apparent tilt to English based players recently will be most impactful is definitely at goalkeeping. I don't see how adding a young foreign keeper will somehow prove the others wrong meanwhile we would be exactly at the same place with our own young keepers.
Martinez would have a more immediate impact than Lammens who I honestly just heard of 2 months ago
posted on 31/8/25
Would be great if we can get him. We need s in the team and we do not have a lot.
posted on 31/8/25
comment by ManUtdDaredevil (U9612)
posted 5 minutes ago
Would be great if we can get him. We needs in the team and we do not have a lot.
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We’ve got a few, Onana, Dalot, Sancho
posted on 31/8/25
I've this horrible feeling the reason we didn't go for him earlier is because his distribution was considered good enough.
I also think this is may be the reason Heaton doesn't get a look in.
There's this heavy focus on technically good ball playing keepers and other than not kicking it out for a throw in (which unfortunately De Gea was often guilty of) I couldn't give a fck. The main thing is they command their area, make saves, deal well with set pieces, and don't have a brainfrt every game i.e. they are solid.
posted on 31/8/25
A strong goalie makes such a difference, especially one with the character of Martinez. Honestly, I don't really like him, but I can see what he adds to a team and he's exactly what we need, someone who has a presence. It's more than just doing the basics right, it's being one of the leaders, which is what he is.
I don't know if we needed to wait until the Nacho deal went through, but this issue has been glaring throughout the summer - it's been pretty obvious that Onana wasn't good enough and neither is Bayindar. You could argue they didn't realise how bad they would be in recent weeks, but it needs sorting out before window closes tomorrow and it really needs to be Martinez
posted on 31/8/25
https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/469249
Discussion already in progress Elvis
posted on 31/8/25
comment by Tony Le Mesmer (U1449)
posted 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
comment by ManUtdDaredevil (U9612)
posted 5 minutes ago
Would be great if we can get him. We needs in the team and we do not have a lot.
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We’ve got a few, Onana, Dalot, Sancho
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They are tbe wrong kind of