Manchester United are in the midst of an awful run of form with Roy Keane questioning a Ruben Amorim signing

Roy Keane and Paul Scholes agree that Senne Lammens may not be good enough for Manchester United. The Belgian goalkeeper had an excellent first season at Old Trafford after joining from Royal Antwerp in the summer of 2025 for £18million, but has struggled over the last few months.

That arguably started during the summer's World Cup when Lammens - who only played 19 minutes - made a huge error in the quarter-final defeat to Spain. Despite strong displays against Everton and for his country in Nations League games, Lammens could have arguably done better with a few of the 19 goals he has conceded this season.

The calamitous Lisandro Martinez own goal against Fulham could have been avoided while he was at fault for Evanilson's goal in last weekend's 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth. He was also beaten at his near-post by Rayan earlier in that game.

While analysing United, Keane compared some performances during Carrick's interim spell and the last few months, making it clear what he thinks of Lammens.

He said on the latest Stick to Football episode : "Going back to Manchester United, the goalkeeper is costing them, isn’t he? He was very good last year.”

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Keane is not the only United legend to question whether Lammens is good enough; Scholes is unsure if he is capable of helping them challenge for the Premier League.

He said on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast last month: “What team have you seen win the Premier League without a top-class goalkeeper? Lammens might be that, I don’t know, I think the jury’s probably still out on that. You need a top class goalkeeper.

“You think of Liverpool’s team with Alisson, City’s teams, [David] Raya at Arsenal. Man United with Peter Schmeichel and Edwin van der Sar. They’ve all got brilliant, brilliant goalkeepers. You start from the back, of course you do.”

Though Lammens only joined just over 12 months ago, it may require a brutal decision with other Premier League teams having done exactly that. Raya replaced Aaron Ramsdale at Emirates Stadium after just a few years while James Trafford was given a few weeks as Man City's No.1 before Gianluigi Donnarumma arrived.

And while United may yet go down that path, there are far bigger problems to solve all across the pitch, in the dugout and in the boardroom.

Michael Carrick's future remains uncertain but United's hierarchy has given him the opportunity to turn things around. That task starts on Saturday lunchtime at Stamford Bridge with a Premier League clash against Chelsea.

Despite the fact he seemed destined to lose his job, Carrick spoke confidently at his Thursday press conference: “I don’t need any assurances from anyone.

“I totally get the position, I understand the job, I understand the responsibilities, I understand what comes with that, so I really don’t need any assurances from anyone in that regard.

"I said after the game I didn’t expect anything. I was literally dealing with the performance, the result, what it was. There was no hiding the fact dynamics and the atmosphere in the stadium was a little bit different to normal and going through that and digesting that. Purely my mind was ‘what do we need to do to improve things?’”