Manchester United's next signing target is Uruguay defender Manuel · Ugarte, and the club are hoping to sign the 23-year-old PSG player as soon as possible. He has agreed to a contract offered by the Red Devils, with the current hurdle being the price tag in Paris.

United Kingdom According to the Daily Mirror, Ugarte's transfer priorities have surpassed Bayern Munich's De Ligt as United have signed 18-year-old France centre-backs Lenny · Yoro. Now, if Ten Hag wants to acquire De Ligt, a former Ajax favourite, he must first sell his existing centre-back.

Meanwhile, Manchester United's sporting director Dan · Ashworth wants to rejuvenate the midfield, with the likes of Casemiro, Eriksen, Scott McTominay and Bruno · Fernandes all approaching or even exceeding the 30-year-old mark. Ashworth said: "The most important thing I've learned as a sporting director is to give young people a chance. This includes young coaches, young players or young physiotherapists. You don't actually know what they can do until you give them a chance. There's a temptation in the Premier League that you can do otherwise, resulting in young players and youngsters only getting opportunities in the face of adversity."

Ugarte has just turned 23 and meets the criteria for United's new football operations team. However, it was reported this week that Paris Saint-Germain saw Manchester United pay a whopping €62 million for 18-year-old Yoro and now want to price Ugarte €70 million (£59million).

But Ugarte is keen to join Manchester United, and 19-year-old prodigy Joao · Neves, who is about to bring in Benfica, has a poor future, while going to the Red Devils can be a regular player. Therefore, the Uruguay iron waist warned Paris that he only wants to join Manchester United and will refuse to transfer to other clubs, so do not set too high a transfer barrier.

Now, FootMercato says Paris are close to a deal with Manchester United and willing to only accept the sale of Ugarte, who spent €60 million (£51 million) last year to sign from Portugal Sporting. Other sources said the two sides are expected to negotiate a deal this week.

Outside of Ugarte, United have other options, including last season's loan signees Sofyan· Amrabat, Juventus' Rabiot and Everton's Amadou ·Onana. Among them, 23-year-old Belgium international Onana Jr. has been the first to drop out of the list, he has undergone a medical examination with Aston Villa and is about to join the team for £50 million.

The 29-year-old Rabiot's contract with Juventus has expired and he can join for free. According to France's newspaper Le Teams, he prefers to join Manchester United rather than Liverpool, but his agent's mother has demanded too much salary and his transfer has faced many obstacles.

The latest rumours suggest that Manchester United have included Subimendi in La Liga Real Sociedad in their consideration, and he, like Amrabat, is a potential new midfielder, but this is only a possibility and no action has been made at the moment. The 23-year-old has three years left on his contract with Real Sociedad, with a contract fee of more than 60 million euros, and Barcelona and Arsenal have been interested in him but cannot afford him.

Regardless of which new midfielder is brought in, United will need to sell their existing players, with Casemiro, Christian Eriksen and Scott McTominay all rumoured recently. Among them, the Red Devils most want to clean the "fat tiger" with a weekly salary of 350,000 pounds, but there is no substantial purchase offer, and McTominay, whom Ten Hag does not want to sell, is the easiest to sell, and Fulham, Galatasaray and other teams have already made bids.