2023-09-05 05:00:00
Foot – Market – PSG
A €60m transfer completed by PSG is already a success!
Published on September 5, 2023 at 07:00
Passionate regarding sport, cinema and television (on and behind the screen) since childhood, Bernard has been a journalist for 10 Sport since 2018. More skilful with the keyboard in hand than with the ball, he decided to mainly cover a much-loved sport, criticized and hated both (football) and a sport that is not (wrestling).
After a few weeks of competition, Manuel Ugarte is already one of the great surprises of the PSG transfer window, and the statistics prove it. The Parisian rookie, bought for €60m, did better than his predecessors in terms of the number of balls recovered during the first four Ligue 1 matches, only beaten by Thiago Motta.
It only took him a few weeks to put everyone in his pocket. Arrived from Sporting for 60M€, a sum that had been talked regarding at the time of his transfer, Manuel Ugarte probably appears to be PSG’s best summer recruit following the first four days of Ligue 1. The Uruguayan international has directly established himself as an indisputable starter in the Parisian midfield, bringing the aggressiveness and impact that seem to be lacking in the PSG these last years.
Manuel Ugarte does almost as well as Thiago Motta
And it shows in the statistics. As Le Parisien points out, Manuel Ugarte totals 41 balls recovered during the first four days of Ligue 1. It is almost a record. In fact, only Thiago Motta has done better since Opta data has existed, the Italy international, seen as a benchmark for his position during his time at the PSGcounting for its part 47 balloons.
“When I see him play, I think a bit of a little N’Golo Kanté”
Thus, it is better than all the other midfielders who succeeded Thiago Mottalike Leandro Paredes or Idrissa Gueyebut also players still present at the PSG as Fabian Ruiz, Marco Verratti or vitinha. Asked by the Canal Football Club regarding his Uruguayan teammate, Lucas Hernandez did not hide his enthusiasm. “Personally, I didn’t know Ugarte, but he surprised me. When I see him play, I think a bit of a little N’Golo Kanté. With players like that, who give everything on a field, even me it makes me want to do the same, ”went the 2018 world champion. All that remains is to confirm over time.
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