I loved him, so maybe I'm biased. I think Ugarte is more combative and better defensively than Ander. Ander had a better passing range/goal threat. I'd take an Ander clone in a heartbeat!
He averages 35 passes per game and simply doesn't have the ball enough to control the game's tempo. He's a wonderful player with many talents but controlling the game simply isn't one of them... yet? Manchester United as a whole doesn't know how to control the tempo. The closest players that we've had to a "controlling" type last season were Eriksen (whose legs are completely gone and he's not good enough to be able to play at a walking pace) and Amrabat (who just isn't good enough, but he was useful in some games because of his ability to slow things down and recycle possession).
Given Ten Hag’s, well, unusual tactics of a deeper back line which causes large gaps in the midfield, maybe we need a DM that covers a lot of space. I’d be willing to sacrifice some playmaking if we can reduce shots on goal from an average of 7 billion per match down to, say 9 or 10.
Sounds like Kante in style. How does his quality compare?
They could've gone with more PL clubs, no one's going to believe Italian or Spanish clubs will pay them 70m.Exactly as I predicted
They know we hold the cards so these mystery clubs are a desperate attempt to gain some control. It was so predictable this would be leaked.
Definitely, he was great. I think he was severely underrated and we've not had a CM with his combined quality for a while. I think Ugarte shares some of those aspects of what Herrera was good at.Thats awesome!
Just making sure you were one of the posters who did enjoy what he brought to the team, especially the high pressing part because its something that a number of posters downplayed because his tackles werent all right in front of the defence like the traditional sitting DM
He doesn't at all. Dictating play isn't just playing faster or slower.
Yeah he strikes me as almost an wide attacking CM in a 3, who will drive you up the pitch with his directness and dribbling, but a bit erratic in his defending.
Oh, very much so. He just doesn't do that yet. He seems like a very smart player who has the required vision & technique so if we develop him correctly he'll hopefully significantly improve in that aspect (even though I think that he's going to end up as an Iniesta/Modrić kind of player as opposed to someone like Xavi/Kroos).
Mainoo is a moments player at the current stage of his career. Just about everything he does is done with a lot of quality, but he doesn't get involved anywhere near enough to be classed as a player who is dictating anything. Bruno is the one who dictates things for us (which is unfortunate as his attitude of always playing at such a high tempo and trying to force things then pervades the entire team) along with Martinez.
We already went in for João Neves at start of window and got rebuffed at €70mil.
yes it would certainly be nice to not have 100 goal kicks a match and actually win possession on the other teams half of the pitch
Especially when the player has announced he wants to come here.
Yes but there is no way to tell if he will learn it, very very few do.
you could but neves is twice the cost of Ugarte
Depends on low they're willing to go with Ugarte. Their current valuation of him as well as the reported fee they'll pay Benfica for Neves aren't as as far apart as you'd imagine.
