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Manchester United’s new signing Manuel Ugarte has spoken out about his fitness levels despite a lack of game time throughout the pre-season.
With United’s summer-long pursuit of Ugarte from PSG, the Uruguayan wasn’t featured throughout the French champion’s pre-season friendlies, with the club expecting his departure. It was already understood that Ugarte would have a very limited role in Luis Enrique’s plans if he were to stay, promoting another reason to move to Old Trafford.
However, this lack of game time has raised some questions over Ugarte’s fitness, with Erik ten Hag commenting that it may be some time, even months, till we see the midfielder fully integrated into the squad.
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Now though, speaking to ESPN after Uruguay’s recent match vs Paraguay, Ugarte spoke about being on the pitch once again. Discussing being in the squad, Ugarte said: “I felt good physically during the match against Paraguay.”
He continued: “It was a bit of a strange, dirty game. I think we didn’t play very well. We could have won and we could have lost. I think we dominated in general terms, but we could have played much better.”
Ugarte also commented on the mental toll the length of transfer negotiations had played on him, saying: “I tried not to live it with much anxiety, but sometimes it is very difficult.”
He continued: “It was a long wait and sometimes I was overwhelmed by anxiety, although these are things that we players have to live with and manage.
“Now that it has been resolved, I am very happy.”
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