Manuel Ugarte, the 20-year-old midfielder who left Sporting for Famalicao on Monday, arrived in Uruguay on Monday on a three-way trip with the heavenly side who could promote for the first time ever at this level. Upon his arrival, he was excited about the prospect, but also about being on another level in Portugal.
“It’s still hard for me to absorb, but I’m very happy to be with the main team,” he told reporters at the airport. [O Famalicão e o Sporting] There are two levels, each with their own goals, but they all give you experience and learning. If this is more important? no doubt. He is the champion of Portugal in every sense of that. But I’m actually, so glad to come to the national team and it was like I said – I still didn’t realize how big it was. “It is still a good time to take on a Real Madrid footballer on a grand scale, the moment I left him…
He revealed: “I met Fede Valverde during his layover in Madrid, who asked me if I was okay and I didn’t know what to say!” The Blancos midfielder himself, who made 29 appearances for Uruguay, also spoke of the Leo midfielder in the Radio890 microphone: “If it has to be used, it will be good!”.
Uruguay plays Peru, in Lima (September 3), then hosts Bolivia (September 5) and Ecuador (September 9), always in Montevideo.
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