{"id":147202,"date":"2025-09-16T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T10:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/147202\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T10:36:06","slug":"transfer-rumors-news-man-united-open-to-ugarte-exit-serie-a-clubs-keen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/147202\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer rumors, news: Man United open to Ugarte exit, Serie A clubs keen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United<\/a>‘s Manuel Ugarte<\/a> is wanted by clubs in Serie A<\/a>, while Manchester City<\/a> will go up against Liverpool<\/a> for Marc Gu\u00e9hi<\/a>. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe.<\/p>\n

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Could Manuel Ugarte be on his way out of Manchester United less than two years after arriving at Old Trafford?\u00a0Michael Regan\/Getty ImagesTRENDING RUMORS<\/p>\n

– Clubs in Serie A are interested in Manchester United midfielder Manuel Ugarte, Fabrizio Romano<\/a> reports. The Red Devils would only consider letting the Uruguay<\/a> international leave on a permanent transfer, rather than on loan. Ugarte, 24, has made 49 appearances for United since signing from Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> in August 2024 in a transfer that could be worth up to \u00a352 million.<\/p>\n

– Manchester City are preparing a “fresh attempt” to sign Crystal Palace<\/a> defender Marc Gu\u00e9hi next summer, according to the Daily Mirror<\/a>. The club reportedly hold “serious interest” in landing the 25-year-old, and they are set to battle Liverpool to sign him as a free agent. Gu\u00e9hi also remains on the radar of Real Madrid<\/a>, Barcelona<\/a>, and Bayern Munich<\/a>, who could all make approaches to sign him on a pre-contract agreement in January, but he is expected to finish the 2025-26 season with the Eagles before making a decision on his future.<\/p>\n

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– Real Madrid are attentive to the situation of Arsenal<\/a> defender William Saliba<\/a>, according to Football Insider<\/a>. The 24-year-old is reportedly one of the players on the shortlist of Los Blancos as they continue their search to sign a center back. However, the Gunners want to accelerate negotiations over a new contract to ward off interest from other clubs, with Saliba set to enter the final year of his deal at the Emirates Stadium next summer.<\/p>\n

– Chelsea<\/a> remain intent on offloading winger Raheem Sterling<\/a>, according to the Daily Telegraph<\/a>. It is reported that the Blues have no plans to bring the 30-year-old into manager Enzo Maresca’s first-team squad despite there being two years remaining on his contract. Sterling was linked with an exit from Stamford Bridge throughout the summer, with Napoli<\/a> and Bayern Munich both making late enquiries for him. He hasn’t made an appearance for Chelsea since May 202, having spent last year on loan at Arsenal.<\/p>\n

– Talks are set to take place between Chelsea and the representatives of midfielder Mois\u00e9s Caicedo<\/a> regarding a new contract, according to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The Premier League<\/a> club are impressed by the 23-year-old Ecuador<\/a> international after signing him for a fee which could rise to \u00a3115m from Brighton & Hove Albion<\/a> in the summer of 2023, and believe that he has become one of the leaders among the squad. Caicedo has scored two goals in four league matches this season, with his recent form expected to be rewarded amid hopes of securing him to a new long-term extension at Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile, the club are also exploring the transfer market amid plans to reinforce depth at the center back position.<\/p>\n

EXPERT TAKE<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Sam Tighe looks at Manchester United’s Manuel Ugarte amid reports of interest from clubs in Serie A:<\/p>\n

The hope was that one of the benefits of appointing Ruben Amorim as manager was that Manchester United might start to get the best out of Manuel Ugarte, who worked under the Portuguese coach at Sporting CP from 2021-2013. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened.<\/p>\n

The fact the 24-year-old hasn’t been able to cement a place in the Red Devils’ midfield two is not a good look, as the unit is barely functional at the best of times. It’s propped up by 33-year-old Casemiro, while an out-of-position Bruno Fernandes tries to paper over any cracks that appear.<\/p>\n

Ugarte has struggled with the speed of the game in England, which has in turn exposed the fact that his passing range and ability on the ball is severely limited; he ranked in just the 17th percentile for progressive passes and the 21st percentile for progressive carries last term. There have also been times when his tenacity and athleticism — in theory his stronger attributes — have felt lacking, too.<\/p>\n

A switch to Serie A could allow those physical traits to spring back to the fore, as the speed of the game is undoubtedly slower in Italy. But Ugarte should pick his next move much more carefully as, should he change clubs again soon, he’ll have been jettisoned by PSG and Man United in quick succession.<\/p>\n

OTHER RUMORS<\/p>\n

– Talks are expected to take place over the future of United center back Harry Maguire, who is keen to stay at Old Trafford. (Fabrizio Romano<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– Atl\u00e9tico Madrid are preparing to offer a new contract to midfielder Marcos Llorente. (Nicol\u00f2 Schira<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– Liverpool could consider offloading winger Federico Chiesa in the January transfer window. (Football Insider<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– No loan offers will be considered by Liverpool for midfielder Stefan Bajcetic, who is in manager Arne Slot’s first-team plans after a successful loan spell at Las Palmas. (Diario AS<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– Both Arsenal and Manchester United are keeping tabs on Ajax midfielder Jorthy Mokio. (CaughtOffside<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– Clubs from LaLiga and Serie A are scouting Atletico Mineiro midfielder Igor Gomes. (Ekrem Konur<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– Juventus dismissed interest in attacking midfielder Vasilije Adzic in the summer, with clubs in Europe and Italy keen on him. (Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– Real Sociedad will explore moving on from striker Umar Sadiq in January. He has recently rejoined the squad after looking to join Valencia in the summer. (Diario AS<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– An agreement has been reached by Juventus to renew the contract of forward Alessio Vacca. (Nicol\u00f2 Schira<\/a>)<\/p>\n

– Clubs in Europe are interested in Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro winger Tom\u00e1s Cuello. (Ekrem Konur<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United‘s Manuel Ugarte is wanted by clubs in Serie A, while Manchester City will go up against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-147202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}