On the sidelines of Uruguay’s 5-0 victory over Bolivia, the ESPN Uruguay journalist who follows the Celeste at the Copa América gave an update on Manuel Ugarte’s future and confirmed that he is heading towards an exit from PSG in the transfer window, with Manchester United the most likely destination.
Manuel Ugarte was once again a starter on the night of Thursday to Friday with Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay. After their 3-1 victory over Panama, the Celeste won 5-0 against Bolivia and almost validated their ticket for the quarter-finals of the Copa América.
Lined up alone in front of the defense against Panama, in a 4-3-3, Ugarte was used tonight in a double pivot, with Federico Valverde, in what looked like a 4-2-3-1. And the Uruguayan press was won over by his 90 minutes spent on the field.
Ugarte nicknamed Pac-Man after Uruguay/Bolivia
The media Referi thus gave him a score of 7/10 and appreciated his ability to project himself forward, which is not necessarily his strong point in the first place. For his part, Ovacion found him a new flattering nickname, to highlight his balloon scratching skills: “A Pac-Man in the middle of the field. One of the players with the greatest intensity of the Celeste and once again recovering and playing for his best placed teammate »writes the Uruguayan daily, excited.
And since Ugarte’s name has been linked to Manchester United, many Mancunian fans have become passionate about Uruguay and have closely followed his performance against Bolivia. Correspondent for ESPN at the Copa América and in charge of covering Uruguay, journalist Diego Muñoz has also given an update on the future of the PSG defensive midfielder before the match.
Ugarte close to Manchester United, Bayern only interested in loan
“Ugarte is close to Manchester Unitedthus assures the latter. He’s not going to stay at PSG, Luis Enrique has already told him he doesn’t count on him anymore and Ugarte wasn’t comfortable in the team anyway. There are several options, but PSG want to recover part of their investment to release Ugarte and Manchester United are willing to pay, so that will probably be his future team.”.
According to Diego Muñoz, Atlético Madrid is also very interested in the Uruguayan, as had already been leaked in Spain, and Diego Simeone would have even called him to convince him. “But Atlético has no money and only offers a loan, which PSG will not accept, adds this journalist, before adding. In Germany, Bayern and Dortmund also want Ugarte, but also on loan. Ugarte’s future is therefore far from PSG, that’s for sure, and close to Manchester United. »
If Manchester United is willing to pay for a transfer of Ugarte, the deal is still far from being closed since according to the first echoes from England, the Red Devils made a first offer of €30 million, quickly rejected by PSG, which would demand double. Thursday evening, Sky Sports explained that discussions were continuing between the two clubs. There is no doubt that a good Copa América from Ugarte could work in favor of PSG in this negotiation.
