Manuel Ugarte will not play for Chelsea from next season, but for Paris Saint-Germain. That news will be brought by Monday morning L’Equipe and Fabrizio Romano. The transfer expert, like various Portuguese media, was still convinced last weekend that Ugarte would move to Stamford Bridge. That now seems to be out of the question.
This weekend it was reported by various media in Portugal and Romano that Ugarte, a 22-year-old inspector from Sporting Portugal, would go to Chelsea for at least sixty million euros. The Uruguayan would become the first summer signing for Mauricio Pochettino in West London. Romano has now returned to that. The Italian transfer market expert writes on Monday that Chelsea dropped out of the race because it did not want to meet the financial demands of Sporting and Ugarte.
PSG has no problem with that. The Parisians will easily tap the limited lump sum in Ugarte’s contract, which is sixty million euros, and are also prepared to offer the midfielder a nice contract. The talented Uruguayan has been seen as one of the best defensive midfielders in the Portuguese league in the past two seasons and made 56 appearances for Sporting in those years, in which he was particularly notable for his unbridled effort and number of ball recaptures.
Chelsea moves on
Meanwhile, Chelsea have yet another target to strengthen their midfield. The Blues Brighton & Hove Albion’s defensive midfielder Moisés Caicedo is a player to add to the squad. The Ecuadorian is 21 years old, according to the renowned Transfer market will also cost about sixty million euros and played in 37 Premier League games this season the Seagulls.