When Manchester United announced their fifth big-money summer signing last week, Dan Ashworth was quick to highlight his ‘ball-winning’ qualities. And rightly so. That is what Manuel Ugarte is known for, after all. Manchester United’s new number 25 averaged the most tackles per game in France’s Ligue 1 last season since N’Golo Kante’s pre-Leicester City days. And we all know what sort of an impact Kante made after he crossed the channel. With Manchester United’s paper-thin midfield ripped to pieces by Liverpool at Old Trafford – another nightmare afternoon for Casemiro – Ugarte’s ‘very aggress…
