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When looking back through Manchester United’s recent transfer activity, did the work done by Jason Wilcox and Christopher Vivell offer a clue as to Ruben Amorim’s eventual Old Trafford arrival? Of course, the signing of Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain is a deal which simply leaps off the page with the benefit of hindsight. It was Ruben Amorim, after all, who turned Ugarte into one of Europe’s most effective defensive midfielders. It is no secret, meanwhile, that Erik ten Hag was not exactly on board with the Uruguayan’s £42 million arrival. Tellingly, Ugarte played only two out of a pot…