Manuel Ugarte ‘will travel to Man Utd TODAY to complete transfer from PSG’ with £51m deal ‘practically closed’
MANUEL UGARTE will travel to England TODAY ahead of his transfer to Manchester United, reports suggest.
The Red Devils have been locked in negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain for weeks over a deal.
Talks between the two clubs are now said to be “practically closed”, according to ESPN in Uruguay.
However, El Pais add there are a few minor details to be ironed out.
Ugarte has been left out of Luis Enrique‘s PSG squad for the first two matches of the season amid the transfer speculation.
Personal terms with the Uruguay international have been agreed for some time, and after arriving in England he is set to complete his medical with the club today.
The stumbling block over a deal came down to the fee, with the French outfit demanding £51million to sell the 23-year-old.
That had led to talk of a loan deal with an obligation to buy next summer.
But the imminent sale of Scott McTominay to Napoli in a £25m transfer is set to facilitate the move being a permanent one straight away.
Once the deal – set to cost £42m plus an additional £8.5m in add-ons – is completed, Ugarte will become the fifth senior signing at Old Trafford this summer.
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He follows Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui in arriving to bolster Erik ten Hag‘s squad.
Ugarte, who played 37 times for PSG last season, is expected to come straight into the Man Utd first team in place of Casemiro.
His numbers from last season stack favourable compared to his new Man Utd team-mates.
Indeed, Ugarte had a better pass success rate, more tackles and more interceptions than any other midfielder.
Furthermore, he was second in duels won only to Bruno Fernandes, while he ranked fourth in duel success behind Kobbie Mainoo, Casemiro and McTominay.
Ugarte’s could be thrown in the deep end by making his debut against Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday.
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