Man Utd CONFIRM £50m Ugarte transfer which becomes fifth signing under Ineos

MANCHESTER UNITED have confirmed the £50m signing of Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain.

The 23-year-old midfielder becomes Old Trafford's fifth signing of the first summer window conducted under the new INEOS regime.

United agreed on a £50million package, involving an initial fee of £42m, plus an additional £8m in bonus-related add-ons.

Ugarte put pen to paper on a five-year deal, and PSG have included a 10 per cent sell-on clause.

The Uruguay international completed his medical on Thursday after financial terms between the clubs were finally agreed amid a topsy-turvy wait.

He is United's fifth senior signing of the summer after Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.

But becomes their first midfield reinforcement with academy graduate Scott McTominay, 27, set to join Napoli for £25m.

Ten Hag admitted to having mixed emotions about losing McTominay as he left for Naples in a deal that could reach £30million.

As an academy graduate that figure is pure profit which helps when the maths are done to stay within financial regulations.

Personal terms with the defensive midfielder had been agreed since July, but the clubs could not sign off on a fee.

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Ten Hag said: “It is a little bit mixed, I am very happy for him but it is mixed because I wouldn’t prefer to lose him.

“He is Manchester United in everything, he was so important for Manchester United.

“He was here for over 22 years but unfortunately it is the rules.

“Homegrown players bring more value and that is not the right thing to do but for everyone, for all parts, it is a good deal. Scott is happy with it, and Napoli and us.”

Ugarte was also smuggled out of a swanky Manchester restaurant on Wednesday night as his agent Jorge Mendes acted as a decoy.

Ugarte featured in 37 games across all competitions for Luis Enrique’s side during his debut season at PSG, contributing to their Ligue 1 title, Coupe de France victory, and Trophee des Champions win.

Despite making just 21 league starts, Ugarte was a regular in the Champions League group stage, starting five of the six matches.

However, he was left out of the starting line-up for all six knockout stage games.

He was the only Uruguay star to be named in the Copa America team of the tournament this summer, after helping his nation to a third place finish behind Colombia and winners Argentina.

Ugarte began his career at Uruguayan club Fenix before moving to Portugal’s Famalicao in December 2020, and then joining Sporting in the summer of 2021.

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