“Affected me a lot” – Gus Poyet names the player he wanted Chelsea to sign | OneFootball

Former Chelsea midfielder Gus Poyet says that he wanted to see Chelsea sign Manchester United midfielder Manuel Ugarte.

Manuel Ugarte made the move to Manchester United in the summer of 2024. Whilst he was hoping for a prominent role and the Red Devils also had massive expectations from the Uruguayan international, his move to Old Trafford hasn’t really worked out.

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Poyet, being a fellow Uruguayan, has been sad to watch the decline and how the move hasn’t really worked out for Ugarte so far, and he also thinks it was a mistake for him not to join Chelsea instead.

Poyet on Ugarte

While speaking on GOAL, the 58-year-old said, “Yeah, and it affected me a lot because he’s from Uruguay and before he went to Paris Saint-Germain, I wanted him to come to Chelsea. When they started the rumours, Chelsea, big Chelsea, you know you want to come, make a decision, come to Chelsea. I don’t know him, so I couldn’t call him! And he went to Paris Saint-Germain and I was a little bit upset because I thought it was perfect at that time for Chelsea. But after that, he kind of didn’t kick on. Paris Saint-Germain and now Man United.

“He needs to find the right club. I think he’s a top player. I think he’s a top central midfielder. I think he can cover the pitch well. He can cover spaces. He can defend well. He can play, start the options. But he needs to find the team.

“He needs to find, I would say, the identity of a club to be able to play every week because he even lost his main position at the national team because in the national team, everybody was playing and was thinking Ugarte, [Rodrigo] Bentancur, [Fede] Valverde. And then the national team is playing with two and a number 10 off the front. And that’s why he’s not playing. So, yes, it’s a big summer for Ugarte and I hope he makes a good decision for him and for his family.”

In other news…

Liam Rosenior has claimed that it wasn’t a lack of effort or tactical mistakes that were costing Chelsea – but insisted he didn’t want to blame the players in the wake of the Everton defeat on Saturday night.

But Rosenior also blamed “mistakes” for the goals Chelsea were conceding – but we’re going to need a bit more than that I’m afraid.

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