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Manchester United overpowered bogey workforce Brighton and Hove Albion 4-2 at Previous Trafford on Saturday to climb to sixth place within the Premier League standings.
Regardless of referee Anthony Taylor’s best efforts, Matheus Cunha finally broke his duck for the Pink Devils whereas Bryan Mbeumo grabbed a brace to sink the Seagulls.
The Pink Devils had taken a commanding 3-0 lead inside 60 minutes, and Ruben Amorim determined handy minutes to fringe gamers like Kobbie Mainoo, Joshua Zirkzee, Ayden Heaven, and Manuel Ugarte.
The step virtually backfired with the guests scoring twice earlier than the Cameroonian made issues certain proper on the loss of life.
Substitutes didn’t cowl themselves in glory vs Brighton
The efficiency from a few the substitutes was a reminder as to why the pinnacle coach doesn’t belief them to begin video games.
Amongst them, Manuel Ugarte has began 3 times in all competitions, and the 20-time English league champions have misplaced all of these video games.
Introduced in by Erik ten Hag as Casemiro’s eventual successor, the Uruguayan has confirmed to be a disappointing signing, and regardless of his former Sporting CP boss’ arrival, the 24-year-old’s fortunes haven’t modified.
The Brazilian midfielder is Amorim’s most popular option to play because the defensive midfielder, and that’s unlikely to vary this marketing campaign, until there may be an damage.
🚨 Galatasaray, Manchester United’ın orta sahası Manuel Ugarte ile ilgileniyor.
Ugarte, Galatasaray’ın devre arası switch listesinde bulunuyor.
— Erol Evcen (@ErolEvcenn) October 26, 2025
The previous Paris Saint-Germain star won’t be too happy with this association, particularly in a World Cup 12 months, and will look to maneuver someplace the place he’s assured to grow to be a starter.
Manuel Ugarte on his means out in January?
As revealed by Turkish journalist, Erol Evcen, the United No.25 is on Galatasaray’s listing of targets forward of the January window.
“Galatasaray is serious about Manchester United’s midfielder Manuel Ugarte,” the reporter wrote on X (previously Twitter).
“Ugarte is on Galatasaray’s mid-season switch listing.”
Given the rumours of Mainoo leaving within the winter, and holding in thoughts Casemiro’s ageing legs, it doesn’t look seemingly that the Uruguay worldwide can be allowed to go away mid-season.
However these rumours present how a lot his inventory has fallen, and subsequent summer time, the defensive midfielder might nicely be on his means out of Previous Trafford.
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