Manuel Ugarte has endured a difficult time at Old Trafford since his summer move from PSG, but a solid first half vs Fenerbahce could kickstart his United career
Price tags and reputations count for little when it comes to adjusting to life in the Premier League, and Manuel Ugarte is no exception.
Unfortunately for Ugarte and Erik ten Hag, the protracted negotiations meant the midfielder had little time to bed in with the squad before the new season kicked off. Ugarte has looked a little lost during the early days of his Old Trafford career, and cut a desolate figure in a wretched 3-0 home defeat to Tottenham at the end of September. Ugarte has found minutes hard to come by as he gets up to speed with English football, and Manchester Evening News readers were suitably unimpressed.
Those numbers showed Ugarte was due a big performance, and Ten Hag afforded the Uruguayan a rare start in United's Europa League trip to Fenerbahce on October 24. Eyebrows were raised at the prospect of Mazraoui - predominantly a wing-back - operating as a makeshift No.10 in Istanbul on Thursday night, with Christian Eriksen and Ugarte deployed behind the Moroccan.
Celebrating a defensive midfielder making a sensible tackle and pass to turn defence into attack sounds a little foolish - unless you're a Manchester United fan. Casemiro's struggles add to the years of midfield malaise at Old Trafford, but if Ugarte can continue to do the simple things well, then he could transform a team that has looked alarmingly flaky in midfield.
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