Having read up on him and watched some clips, I've come to the conclusion that's he's basically another Fred, who I was a big fan of.
Like Fred, Ugarte's best work happens off the ball, where he can use his dynamism and endless energy to press high up the pitch.
It's for that reason I believe Fred was better as an 8, as he had the licence to press further forward without overly thinking too much about what was behind him.
I always go back to that Sours game, where we won 2-0. To this day, I believe that was the best game we've had under ten Hag in terms of domination throughout the whole game. A midfield of Casemiro, Fred and Bruno.
Fast forward a couple of years and we're strongly linked with Ugarte, who, as I said before, shares similar attributes to Fred. My worry, as with Fred at the time, would be vacating the 6 position and leaving us vulnerable.
Having said that, with ten Hag seemingly keen on us playing a man to man press, winning the ball high up the pitch and transitioning quickly, a player like Ugarte would be ideal. It's for the same reason ten Hag brought Mount. Although the aforementioned players aren't the most creative on the ball, they'll run the hard miles, which in turn will hopefully allow us to dominate games more. So often last season we started well and often phased out due to tiredness.
I still maintain we need a deep-lying playmaker type but the potential transfer of Ugarte makes sense based on the way ten Hag currently sets up his team.
Actually, a Mainoo/Ugarte pivot would be quite reminiscent of De Jong/Schone.
Neither De Jong nor Schone were holding midfielders. Actually, the two dovetailed quite nicely, with De Jong more often than not, responsible for dropping into the back line and progressing the ball, usually with a dribble. With Mainoo capable of doing the same thing, I'm hoping ten Hag will set up in a similar way next season.
Like Fred, Ugarte's best work happens off the ball, where he can use his dynamism and endless energy to press high up the pitch.
It's for that reason I believe Fred was better as an 8, as he had the licence to press further forward without overly thinking too much about what was behind him.
I always go back to that Sours game, where we won 2-0. To this day, I believe that was the best game we've had under ten Hag in terms of domination throughout the whole game. A midfield of Casemiro, Fred and Bruno.
Fast forward a couple of years and we're strongly linked with Ugarte, who, as I said before, shares similar attributes to Fred. My worry, as with Fred at the time, would be vacating the 6 position and leaving us vulnerable.
Having said that, with ten Hag seemingly keen on us playing a man to man press, winning the ball high up the pitch and transitioning quickly, a player like Ugarte would be ideal. It's for the same reason ten Hag brought Mount. Although the aforementioned players aren't the most creative on the ball, they'll run the hard miles, which in turn will hopefully allow us to dominate games more. So often last season we started well and often phased out due to tiredness.
I still maintain we need a deep-lying playmaker type but the potential transfer of Ugarte makes sense based on the way ten Hag currently sets up his team.
Actually, a Mainoo/Ugarte pivot would be quite reminiscent of De Jong/Schone.
Neither De Jong nor Schone were holding midfielders. Actually, the two dovetailed quite nicely, with De Jong more often than not, responsible for dropping into the back line and progressing the ball, usually with a dribble. With Mainoo capable of doing the same thing, I'm hoping ten Hag will set up in a similar way next season.
