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Despite the transfer window being now closed, Manchester United are still of doing something with their midfield.
This weekend saw The Red Devils lose 3-0 to Liverpool, with Erik ten Hag putting it down to poor performances. The two goals from Luiz Dias came from faults from Casemiro which led to the ball being lost and Liverpool capitalising, whilst Mohamed Salah slotted home the third goal after Kobbie Mainoo lost the ball.
In order to remodel the midfield, United have turned to Manuel Ugarte who joined from PSG, however ten Hag has commented saying that it will be some time until he makes an impact.
Speaking about the Uruguayan, ten Hag said: “It will take time, so it’s not like I’m Harry Potter. That is what you have to acknowledge.”
He continued: “And if you see Manuel Ugarte, he didn’t play so far in the season. Not one match minute. So he needs to build his fitness rate and then we have to build him in the team and I am sure he will contribute to our level and he will be an important player but that will take a couple of weeks, maybe even months.”
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With comments like this, it’s expected that eventually, Ugarte is going to be introduced into the starting line up ahead of Casemiro, with the Brazilian set to be joining his teammate Christian Eriksen in being sat on the side line.
Eriksen however may be moving on to his former club, Ajax, with the Dutch transfer window still open. It’s understood from TransferWatch.NL on X that the Eredivisie side have been in regular contact with the Danish midfielder, however it’s United’s demands that are causing difficulties in the deal.
However, the report has explained that this may be made easier with The Red Devils now renewing their interest in free agent Adrien Rabiot as a cheap alternative to add to the midfield, allowing Eriksen to move to the Netherlands.
United have been linked with Rabiot throughout the summer, with the 29-year-old rejecting further contract talks with Juventus amid interested from The Red Devils.
Despite the French midfielder playing two less matches that Ugarte last season having player 35 to Ugarte’s 37, the former Juventus man actually racked up more game time, playing 3,012 minutes averaging at 86 minutes per game, with Ugarte playing 2,449 minutes which averages to only 66 minutes per game.
With this in mind, Rabiot has more game experience over the last year which culd support his integration into the Untied team.
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