Manchester United want to sign PSG midfielder Manuel Ugarte (Picture: Getty)
Manchester United have received a major boost in their pursuit of Manuel Ugarte after agreeing a deal with Napoli over the sale of Scott McTominay.
A fee in the region of €30million (£25.4m; $33.6m) has been agreed with the Serie A club, but United still need to find a resolution with McTominay who still has 12 months remaining on his current deal.
Given his status as a homegrown player, McTominay’s impending sale would represent ‘pure profit’ for United who need to satisfy PSR regulations before they can continue with their own recruitment drive.
With just five days remaining of the summer transfer window, Erik ten Hag is still searching for reinforcements in several key areas with the need to strengthen in central midfield an obvious priority.
United have identified Ugarte as a key target and will finally be in a position to sign the combative Uruguay international once McTominay’s departure has been confirmed.
Scott McTominay looks to have played his last game for Manchester United (Picture: Getty)
Napoli sporting director Giovanni Manna has been in England this week with the objective of completing an ambitious triple Premier League raid with deals for Chelsea misfit Romelu Lukaku and Brighton’s Billy Gilmour also in the pipeline.
McTominay, meanwhile, enjoyed his most productive campaign ever for United last season, scoring 10 goals having been close to leaving his boyhood club amid reported interest from West Ham.
Despite having featured in all three games so far this season, the 27-year-old has been deemed surplus to requirements and his appearance in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Brighton is set to be his last for United.
Ten Hag has been permitted to invest significantly already in his squad this summer with the signings of Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Joshua Zirkzee having been sanctioned by United’s new-look backroom team.
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