He looks like a cross between Martinez and Phil Jones.
Manuel Ugarte | Romano - he’s signed | Awaiting Club announcement
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I take it he's a Casemiro replacement?
never seen him play. Youtube highlights make him look like a seriously good tackler and anticipator, a la Michael Carrick.
is he the same type of player?
never seen him play. Youtube highlights make him look like a seriously good tackler and anticipator, a la Michael Carrick.
is he the same type of player?
Marnuel Philgarte
His stats and his defensive game is very close to Kante. So the Caf is telling me that they won’t sign prime Kante?
Just needs our away kit underneath.
Feels more like he is the player that we wanted Casemiro to be. A sheild to the back four that gives the creative players their freedom. Turns out Casemiro was an excellent #8 up until his rapid decline during the second season. And with the emergence of Mainoo, another #8, we find ourselves back to square one where we need that number 6 since maybe Matic.
Next season I feel will be the search for a 8 and wingers/strikers.
He should start infront of / or with Casemiro for sure
Is he ready to kick Darwin Nunez this weekend?
PSG selling him doesn’t diminish his stats or defensive game. And if he is like kante then what’s the problem?
Agreed. I think rotating Case, Mainoo, and maybe Mount for the 8 is good enough with Ugarte. Would at the very least stop these last min pressure from opponents when our mids lose any energy to cover ground and pressure.
The problem is it proves he isn't like Kante because no team in the world would let prime Kante go.How many will he injure in training?
Casemiro
Teams sell players that aren’t working at that particular club that go on to be class. I’m sure you can think of a few examples yourself
They both gonna have a ruck on the bench?
This could be it
https://fr24.com/PTN373L/36d6878c
https://fr24.com/PTN373L/36d6878c
Hoping that his extremely high levels of winning the ball back will equate to Mainoo and Bruno receiving the ball on the break higher up the pitch and in more favorable positions to create danger. There is also the mental side of things where opposition should be less likely to ramp up momentum and confidence while playing in United’s own half if there’s a hound busting a lung to hunt them down and retrieve possession.
Praying that he proves to be transformative, by all accounts Wilcox and the new football focused non coaching staff INEOS have brought in all seem hellbent on bringing this guy in.
Praying that he proves to be transformative, by all accounts Wilcox and the new football focused non coaching staff INEOS have brought in all seem hellbent on bringing this guy in.
That’s a silly argument. So you judge players on the basis of clubs selling them. How naive
Clubs sell players due to many factors. Can’t believe I’m explaining that. Robben? Pffft. If he’s that great why would Madrid sell him, eh?That’s our boy
Have many midfielders excelled at PSG? Veratti was okay for a bit, but certainly never met his potential. Soler was an exciting young player that’s been wasted there. Lo Celso, Parades, Renato Sanches. They’ve been shocking with midfielders - let’s just focus on the positives, he’s a solid player who’s escaping that shite club at a young age.
He's not like Kante
Anyone on standby at the airport arrivals.
There must be a stalker on here somewhere.
Leicester City sold a prime Kanté for the equivalent of £43M today
That's a really good video you made.
Cheers
Crikey! There's about 50 million planes in the air.
I’m sure there was some comparison chart in this thread I think which showed his defensive game is close to Kante. Also, Raees video on him showed some similar comparisons between them.
Approaching Boulogne
Leicester actually did sell him for £32m.
But only one that counts
True.
That's really not his strong suit though, he's far better at defending forward and will be too often caught out of position if he's supposed to shield the back four. Being a lone 6 won't do him any favour, it's not his best position. In my opinion, he's far more suited for a double pivot formation.
He's regularly compared to Kante because he's that seek-and-destroy style DM. But it's a comparison that if bought into too much will set you up for disappointment, because he's nowhere near as good as Kante.
That said, it's worth noting that at Ugarte's age Kante still had a full season left in France before he moved to the PL. Ugarte is still quite young for a DM.
That said, it's worth noting that at Ugarte's age Kante still had a full season left in France before he moved to the PL. Ugarte is still quite young for a DM.
Obviously they have, yes. Verratti clearly did, along with Motta and Matuidi. Vitinha was the best midfielder I watched last season, he replaced Ugarte (positionally) as the season went on and was PSG's best player.
It was merely a response to post I disagreed with. I think Ugarte is the right kind of player to bring in and expect him to be a good compliment for Mainoo and much better than Casemiro.
Do we know that’s actually him or we just doing what we do?
Just doing what we do
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