The big question will be is he a square peg in a round hole (a number 8 that we're bringing in to play as a number 6) but his quality as a footballer isn't in question. Statistically in the top 2% of ball winning midfielders.
Manuel Ugarte | Romano - he’s signed | Awaiting Club announcement
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Those 100+ fees or clauses are unrealistic this summer. They might not next summer and maybe Neves could have stayed fit and done as good a season ?
Sanches has been stalling at PSG / loans but he is known quantity at Benfica ai they're probably hoping they should get the most of him.
Plus PSG paid a good fee for G.Ramos and Mendes is probably greased all ways to Sunday with those deals.
No doubt they did enjoy first dibs on it.
The club needs an identity of play/trademark and keep improving with the identity in mind. Even future managers and football director should have an agreement of the clubs idea of football so we dont get these 200m summers and massive overhaul for each summer.
No, it's the opposite. He is certainly a 6 - played there for Sporting, played there for PSG, and plays there for Uruguay. But he moved to an elite team and has been replaced after one season at the club, so the question has to be around his true quality surely.
Ugarte was never a #8. He was a #6 at Sporting and at PSG. And he has been brought in here to do the same job.
It looks like he’s wearing a cricket jumper
There are plenty of examples of where quality players just haven't been fancied by managers. Hopefully that's the case here
He looks like a cross between Martinez and Phil Jones.
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
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