2 million. His arrival followed Andre Onana's loan to Trabzonspor, with Altay Bayindir now serving as second-choice goalkeeper and Tom Heaton as third-choice. Lammens has drawn significant praise from Manchester United legends and scouts.
Tony Coton, the club's goalkeeping scout, believes Lammens can become one of the world's best. Coton first scouted Lammens in 2019. Sir Alex Ferguson has described Lammens as outstanding.
'Not really, no, it's actually been quite alright. I mean, physically it was a big battle, a big game, so I'm still recovering from that. But cuts and bruises, not really, no.'
The goalkeeper maintains unique pre-match rituals that contribute to his preparation. He forbids talk of keeping a clean sheet before matches. Lammens prepares his gloves by placing them in a hot tub before matches, a technique he learned from Simon Mignolet.
Lammens' work ethic is frequently highlighted, with reports indicating he is often the first player into training and the last one out. He lives alone in Manchester. Off the field, he reads books about athletes like Tiger Woods and LeBron James rather than watching football.
'It's just the way it is. It's the Premier League. It's been like this all season. They always said to me that it was the most physical and that's the biggest difference. A bit of a war (in the penalty box).'
Interest from other clubs preceded his move to Manchester United. Tom Lammens, the goalkeeper's brother, revealed Galatasaray had shown interest. Adapting to life at United has presented challenges, particularly regarding social media pressure.
Lammens was warned that Manchester United is a different animal, especially in terms of social media scrutiny. Lammens' performances have included a Player of the Match award in Manchester United's 1-0 win against Everton. His five clean sheets in the Premier League have been a key factor in the team's current top-four position.
'It's physicality and a bit of war in the 16.'
'It's always been a bit of my strength, always, even in Belgium which is less physical but the principles are all the same. The technique is the same. Now it's a little bit more bodies in front of you, but my teammates help me out as well with blocking the guys away from me. You have to be kind of big and not easy to be pushed around, so I think that's also important.'
'Naturally I've always been a little bit bigger, a bit more weight wise.'
'Tom Heaton is talking about how goalkeeping sometimes it's not giving games away. If you want to have a long career, especially in these kind of clubs, they have to count on you and you have to be dependable.'
'Sometimes in United, I don't really have to do a lot of saves. A different kind of goalkeeping, but it's also sometimes the most difficult.'
'They warned me that Manchester United is a different animal, especially social media wise. They warned me that it is one of the biggest clubs, if not the biggest club. It is always on social media.'
'I probably wear a new pair every game, depends how I feel. If I played with one pair, I trained in them the whole week then I'll wear a new pair. If you play Saturday, I'm training in them Friday but before then, I like to get them in the hot tub with the guys... I actually got it from Simon Mignolet. How new gloves feel, they're stiff, the grip is not great, I like to get them in there for half an hour. Right before the meeting I throw them in and then after take them out. I do a full session, I'll wear them warming up and wear them for the game.'
'It was quite a long time ago but the first time I heard about it, it was like, 'no it's not possible'. You don't really believe it. It's so far out there, it's such a dream. They came to watch a couple of times, it was at Antwerp they said a few people from Manchester was here which was crazy to hear. It's insane to hear, the first time I couldn't really believe it until the summer. Of course, I'm confident in myself but I was a full starter for one year so it was a surprise.'
'Yeah, I read it somewhere and at first I couldn't really believe it to be honest. He is such a big name and especially at this club, so I was a little bit surprised, but it felt really, really good, to be honest. I haven't met him yet so I'm looking forward to that as well. But coming from him, yeah, it's really nice to hear as well, someone with so much experience and such a big name at this club. It's only good to hear.'
'He's been really helpful. He helped me a lot the first couple of weeks especially to get me like eased in. It's always nice to have someone who knows so much about the Premier League and this club and everything in between, to help me out when I need to but also to help me to relax and joke around sometimes. Coming from him, it's a good feeling.'
'Still today, at almost 40 years old, I can still see him in training, so I can only imagine in his prime how good he was. For a Belgian guy, he didn't really have the recognition probably in the world. Especially, the most important thing, every team-mate you speak to about - or even his team-mates now in training - the way they talk about him, his qualities on the pitch, but even more so his qualities off the pitch, as the guy he is. Probably why our friendship has grown so much is because we're a bit similar as well in every aspect - I can see a lot of myself in him. And it's the same the other way around, he tells me a lot: 'you're so much like me when I was younger'. He knows what I'm thinking in every situation almost, so that's also where he helps.'
'I live alone here at the minute. I don't really want to be home at 1 [o'clock] and doing nothing the rest of my day. We have the capabilities like a swimming pool, sauna and ice bath, we have it here, so why not take full use of it? So I try to take my time with it, most of the time [I'm] the last guy here, which I'm not saying it to big up myself. I know if I have children and a wife at home waiting for me, I'll probably hurry up a little bit more.'
'There's a lot of quality, you play for trophies there [at Galatasaray], and Senne could perhaps immediately make his mark in the Champions League. I was initially sceptical about a move to United, because many players there had already succumbed to the pressure and couldn't reach their full potential. But ultimately, it was Senne who had to make the decision. United gave him the best feeling. Partly because Tony Coton, United's goalkeeping scout, had been following him for almost a year and was very convinced of his qualities. It would also be g'
'He's got all the tools and the mental capacity to cope with it all as we've seen. From a goalkeeping point of view, I don't want to compare him to anyone else. He is Senne Lammens and he is himself. If he keeps working as hard as he is doing and we get those little things tidied up, he can be one of the world's best. I'm sure he can.'
'He first came onto my radar at Brugge in 2019. I saw him play for Belgium under-17s, obviously very raw and we didn't think it was the right time to do anything. So I followed him from there. We didn't think he was ready to come, but we'd just keep abreast of it. I saw his progress at Brugge and then, obviously, he went to Antwerp. When he broke in, it was just a matter of how long do you leave it?'
'Obviously, we'd done all the due diligence and everything, and we went to present to him why we think it's the right time to move, and he had interest from a lot of clubs in Europe. I just wanted to see his concentration levels, if, when I'm talking, is he looking elsewhere? Is he looking at the video still and this, that, and the other? And he was just locked in. He was just locked onto me, and I'm thinking, yeah, he's got a real focus. They [the staff] asked me: 'Could he go straight into the team?' I said: 'Yes. Straight away. I've got no qualms about him going into the team if needed.'
'I don't really watch a lot of football. Everything has revolved around football at the club, so you almost want to switch off a little bit mentally. Every goalkeeper is different. I'm a big sports guy. I love watching other sports and other athletes do their thing, especially how they prepare and think about their game, because it's a lot of different insights. You can learn a lot from their mentality. Like in the NBA with Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. When I have a really good book I read quite a lot (he is currently reading Woods' biography). It's reading about other athletes for example, about mentality and there are lots of good books about dealing with adversity, dealing with stress or stuff like that which can also help you I think in this kind of industry and work.'
'For me personally I don't really try to think about it too much. Pressure is a bit what you make it, what you think and stuff. I try to just relax. It's not too bad for me to be honest. If it's going well, it's always nicer. It's getting back into that winning feeling, which has been really really good and I can't praise him (Carrick) enough. The camaraderie in the dressing room is pretty on point, and quite a nice place to be at the moment. The togetherness is really there.'