You make some good points and I do broadly agree with what you're saying. But unless we sign another midfielder with the requisite skilset I believe the in-possession control will have to come via the CBs and fullbacks. I think Ugarte is a good player but he's not a player who will eat up ground quickly or provide the athleticism in midfield that is required for teams who commit a high volume of players into the opponents half in a higher defensive line. So yes he will add intensity to our play but he's not the best at covering large spaces and neither does he look particularly physically imposing standing at around 5'9, even though Google tells us he's 6ft tall.
He's a good player who plays with high intensity and work rate but not a physically or athletically gifted player and also isn't particularly good aerially. I think a loan with a option to buy would probably best suit us and I hope we also sign another midfielder at least because currently we lack physicality and athleticism in midfield. Ugarte's game mostly revolves around his defensive actions and I think there's better options for us if we want to target a player who raises our physical and athletic capability from midfield in a EPL that is physically and athletically very demanding. So I do expect Ugarte to have good games for us like Fred and Herrera in the past where they stopped the opposition from playing in a deeper block but I think the quality in-possession as far as imposing our own game on the opposition will have to come from the GK, CBs, fullbacks and midfielders like Mainoo who's still nowhere near the finished article. I'm also keeping a close eye on Toby Collyer to see how he performs during the preseason games.
I hope for a good start to the season and I will be back in a few months time. So if someone wants to engage in discussion, then it's not that i'm ignoring you guys but rather i'm away from home for a while due to work commitments and won't be able to engage in discussion.