“I’m leaving for a giant club”: Ugarte confirms the announced departure to PSG

Enjoying a few days of vacation in his home country, Manuel Ugarte is waiting to officially become PSG’s underpinnings, a scenario that will happen, Record says, from July 1, when the move is announced on the 22nd. summer midfielder of the Sporting years for the Parisian club in exchange for 60 million euros, of which 48 million euros will go to the treasury for the emblem of Alvalade.

In the meantime, he is enjoying his free time with his family and friends, to the point of watching his teammate Franco Israel’s debut for Uruguay in the triumph against Nicaragua last night live. What is certain is that, apart from the private match, Ugarte was quick to talk about his future, confirming to the journalists in attendance what had already been announced for some time: his career is now going through PSG.

“The truth is that now I need to rest a bit and then start over at PSG. I’m leaving for a giant club, I haven’t even fully realized it yet, but I’ll try to start with everything. “It’s true that Messi is leaving. It would be incredible to play with him, but that’s football stuff. But I’m very happy,” the 22-year-old Uruguay international said.

It should be recalled that after two seasons with a lion on his chest, the young Uruguayan midfielder is heading to a club in the French capital after a complicated process that saw his future at Chelsea all but closed, only to see his representative, Jorge Mendes, at the last minute closed his transfer from Alvalade to PSG. Outside the Uruguay squad, as a result of new manager Marcelo Bielsa’s decision to spare heavyweights in order to scrutinize less used players, Ugarte ends up enjoying a holiday period in Montevideo before joining PSG. next preseason.