{"id":523369,"date":"2026-06-29T00:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523369\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:37:09","slug":"manchester-uniteds-manuel-ugarte-set-for-spell-on-sidelines-with-knee-injury-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523369\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United\u2019s Manuel Ugarte set for spell on sidelines with knee injury | Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Manuel Ugarte could be facing a long spell \u2060on the sidelines after sustaining a knee ligament injury during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/27\/uruguay-spain-world-cup-match-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Uruguay\u2019s 1-0 World Cup<\/a> defeat \u2060by Spain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The \u200b25-year-old Manchester United player was carried off on a stretcher shortly before half-time after appearing to twist awkwardly while closing down the Spain midfielder Pedri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">United did not confirm whether \u2060he injured his anterior cruciate or medial collateral ligament. A torn \u200bACL is generally considered a \u200cfar more serious \u200cinjury than an MCL tear, usually requiring surgery and many \u200cmonths of rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cAssessment of the injury is ongoing to determine the best course of treatment and the rehabilitation timescale,\u201d United said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Ugarte, who started all three of Uruguay\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/world-cup-football\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> group games, was distraught, tugging his shirt \u200cover his face as he was carried off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe will continue working together through the evaluation \u200bprocess to later confirm the full extent and severity of the injury,\u201d Uruguay\u2019s football federation said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The two-time World Cup champions were eliminated with the defeat, finishing third in \u2060Group H on two points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The injury is another blow \u200bfor Ugarte, whose \u200bUnited career has \u200byet to gain momentum since he joined in a deal \u200cworth \u20ac50m from Paris Saint-Germain. He started eight Premier League matches in 2025-26 and only once during United\u2019s final 16 league games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manuel Ugarte could be facing a long spell \u2060on the sidelines after sustaining a knee ligament injury during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-523369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}