Option for Barça? Jorge Mendes offers Manuel Ugarte as a replacement for Busquets

While the FC Barcelona awaits by the future of Sergio Busquets, the directive follows stirring options in case the captain confirms his decision to leave in summer. As it advances the newspaper 'SPORT', an interesting alternative has arrived from the Primeira Portuguese League: Manuel Ugarte. The mediocentro of 21 years has been offered to the group culé by his agent, Jorge Mendes, the one who wants to take advantage of his good season with the Sporting Clube to look for him a more powerful team.

Knowing the need of the Barça for managing signings 'low cost', Mendes sees in the Uruguayan a good option for a group blaugrana limited in his finances by the problems with the 'margin salarial' that imposes LaLiga. In fact, to these heights, for the club would be better that 'Busi' remained , since the arrival of reinforcements in summer, without the possibility to activate new 'crowbars', luce increasingly complicated.

In the 2022/23, Manuel Ugarte has been fixed in the eleven of the technician Ruben Amorim. The 'charrúa' has seen action in 34 parties this season, including 20 apparitions in League and 6 in the phase of groups of the Champions League. Although it does not add goals neither assistances, his defensive performance has been remarkable, consolidating as one of the best pivote of the football luso.

Where himself has enough for improving is in the precision with the balloon, as for the moment his effectiveness of passes in league is of the 42 %. There it loses a lot in the comparative with Sergio Busquets the one who, further of the age, keeps on being a guarantee to move the balloon and give clean exit to the team. What also has to consider, in the case of the player of the Sporting CP, is his youth and, therefore, margin of improvement, since recently it will fulfil 22 years in April.

In England also there is interest by Manuel Ugarte

His shooting with the ones of Ruben Amorim have turned him into the player Subb-23 with more minutes in the big European leagues this season, something that has not happened unobserved in England. In fact, Wolverhampton and Tottenham are two of the most interested teams in ficharle in summer, by which the FC Barcelona will not be able to take too much to present an offer in case to contemplate him like relief for Busquets.

Ugarte Has agreement until June of 2026 and, with a current value in Transfermarkt of 18 million euros, his exit rondaría the 30 'kilos', although the price will be negotiable. The Sporting him fichó in return of €6.5m pertinent of the FC Famalicãor in August of 2021, club that there was him 'fished' in the Athletic Club Phoenix in winter of this year by 4.1 'kilos'.