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A €60m hit for PSG? Various sources report that the club from the capital has taken it into its head to recruit the young (22) Uruguayan international midfielder (8 caps) Manuel Ugarte, under contract until 2026. 60 M€ is the amount of his release clause. From the top of his 82 meter, the interested party should be the first Parisian recruit of the off-season according to L'Équipe. Good pick ? Presentation of this surly and tireless presented player.
Trained at CA Fénix, a club from Montevideo, arrived by the back door in Europe and in this case in Portugal, within the modest club of Famalicao, in January 2021. Transfer estimated at 4.1 M€. It only took him half a season and 21 matches (1 goal, 2 assists) to catch the eye of Sporting CP recruiters, who bet €10.5m on him the following summer. Regularly used but not always a starter in his first season (38 matches, 1 goal, 2 assists), he established himself as a permanent member of the starting 11 for the second (47 matches, 1 assist), notably playing the two matches against OM (2-4 and 0-2) in the Champions League.
His arrival at Sporting coincided with his big debut in selection A. It was September 6, 2021, with 20 minutes in a 4-2 victory against Bolivia. Since then, the Montevideo native has worn the Celeste shirt seven times. He was part of the Uruguayan squad at the 2022 World Cup but… didn't come off the bench in Qatar. To see if the new coach, a certain Marcelo Bielsa, will make him one of his basic men for the future.
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It should come as no surprise: Manuel Ugarte's agent is none other than Jorge Mendes. Or rather, the all-powerful Jorge Mendes, ever more present in Paris since the appointment of his compatriot Luis Campos as PSG football adviser. Yesterday it was the late Mino Raiola, today it is clearly him. Last summer, Mendes already placed Vitinha and Renato Sanches with the Rouge et Bleu. Danilo Pereira is also him. Last but not least, the Portuguese agent also represents titi El Chadaille Bitshiabu. Many sources also lend PSG the intention to grab another of its clients, Bernardo Silva.
Ugarte is a recovering midfielder, hardworking, surly even cantankerous, as evidenced by the most loyal followers of the Portuguese championship. A tireless player and good at recovery, but who also has a good game vision, a vista, a good leg. Clearly, it is not clumsy to raise. At Sporting, this medium between 6 and 8 evolves regularly in double-pivot, alongside the Japanese international Hidemasa Morita, more 8 than 6 for his part. This gives an idea of the possible associations in Paris. Observers fear that he is still a little soft to make the leap to a European giant. Above all, they are surprised at the amount mentioned for his transfer … Remember that the last “kid” to arrive in Paris from Sporting CP did not take long to fit into the mold, it is Nuno Mendes . Still, it's not hard to find votes to say that Ugarte was Sporting's best player in 2022-23.
This is not the first time that we talk about Manuel Ugarte at PSG. The first rumors date from… September 2022. He would have no secrets for Luis Campos. However, the 22-year-old is not only envious at the Parc des Princes. Several English clubs have a crush on him according to certain sources, including Tottenham, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Newcastle, but also and above all Liverpool. In recent days, however, the Reds have seemed more inclined to bet on the Argentinian world champion from Brighton Alexis MacAllister with a view to strengthening their midfield. In Spain, we read that Jorge Mendes offered him to Barça to succeed Sergio Busquets.
