Uruguay defender Manuel · Ugarte has successfully passed the medical examination arranged by Manchester United, and his €60 million transfer is ready to be announced. Sky Sports Germany reports that the Red Devils are expected to announce on Thursday that Scottish defender Scott · McTominay will also be officially departing.
Germany Sky Sports' Florian ·Plettenberg claims that the 23-year-old underwent a medical on Wednesday and has no problems. Therefore, the transfer is in fact completed. Manchester United will pay a fixed transfer fee of €50 million in instalments, with a variable fee of €10 million, plus a 10% share of the secondary transfer promised to PSG.
Ugarte arrived in Manchester in the early hours of Wednesday morning and travelled to Carrington for screening. United could choose to make an official announcement on Thursday or Friday, with Plettenberg saying: "The deal is complete and Ugarte has successfully passed Manchester United's medical examination. The official announcement could be released today, Thursday. The 23-year-old Ugarte has become United's new midfielder, and the news confirms that Jorge ·Mendes has succeeded and the soap opera is over."
As United's fifth signing of the summer window for the first team, Ugarte could theoretically register in time for 12pm on Friday and qualify for Sunday's home Premier League double against Liverpool. However, given that he has not played for a month and has not even participated in the pre-season training camp in Paris, there is no systematic training, it is difficult for Ten Hag to be included in the starting line-up, and if there is a shortage of people in midfield, he can only be used as a substitute at most.
Naturally, fans expected Ugarte to play against Liverpool and make a difference, but that was unrealistic. The usual operation is for Ugarte to find his form during the international break after the double red meeting, and then play as a substitute in the next Premier League, and then slowly integrate into the main squad.
Ugarte's shirt number at Manchester United has yet to be determined, and the number 4 and number 14 he wore in the past, such as number 4 and 14 at Paris Saint-Germain, number 15 at Sporting Portugal, number 8 at Famaleon, number 20 at Cafenix in Uruguay, or number 5, number 6, number 17 and number 25 in the Uruguay national team, now have owners at the Red Devils.
If he had to choose an old number, he could wait for Jadon Sancho (No.25) or Christian Eriksen (No.14) to leave; If you pick the numbers that are currently vacant, you can use numbers 13, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29, etc., among them, he wore the number 26 shirt when he made his debut in the Uruguay league.
Of course, the number of jerseys worn only has an impact on commercial sales, and the performance of players on the field will not change because of the number behind them. Ugarte can consider the number 13 shirt, in the history of Manchester United, Park Ji-sung is the most well-known player of this number, and France iron N'Golo Kante is also the number 13 player in the national team, Ugarte is known as "White Kante".
Italy transfer experts Fabrizio · Fabrizio Romano said Manchester United and Napoli will also officially announce McTominay's €30 million transfer on Thursday, with the Red Devils enjoying a 10% share of his second transfer. Wheat agreed to sign a four-year contract with the Serie A side with a one-year priority extension.
He has undergone a medical examination at the Maradona Stadium and all relevant documents have been reviewed and finalized, coming to the end of his 22-year career with the Red Devils. The 27-year-old Scotland international will receive an annual salary of €3 million, with Manchester United giving him some compensation.