According to reports in Portugal, Tottenham Hotspur have set their sights on Sporting CP’s Manuel Ugarte. Portuguese outlet Record – via Sport Witness – has reported about Spurs and their interest in the 21-year-old. Apparently, Tottenham were one of the clubs who recently made contact for his signing. Record claimed that Spurs boss Antonio Conte has spoken to Rodrigo Bentancur, Ugarte’s Uruguay teammate, to talk about the youngster’s potential. As well as Tottenham, the likes of Leicester City, Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain have been keeping tabs on Ugarte.
The youngster came through the ranks at Uruguayan outfit CA Fenix and joined Portuguese outfit Famalicao in January 2021. Just seven months later, Ugarte made a £5.85m move to Sporting CP, where he has made 47 appearances to date. The last 12 months have also seen him break into the Uruguay senior national team, winning five caps. In May 2020, scouting website Target Scouting deemed Ugarte ‘one of the most exciting players in Uruguay at the moment’, adding that ‘he has a bright future ahead of him’. Continue reading TOTTENHAM HAVE REPORTEDLY MADE CONTACT OVER THIS CREATIVE MIDFIELDER
As he returned to north London for pre-season, Antonio Conte made it abundantly clear the midfielder wasn’t part of his plans. Lo Celso was left behind alongside three other first-teamers as Spurs went along their pre-season tour of Korea. Despite plenty of interest from various clubs, an agreement had not been struck with any team. Moreover, Tottenham reportedly wanted €20 million in exchange for the midfielder, but they have not found any suitors willing to pay up yet. 
Wayne Bridge also made the 23-man squad for England to the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal, but he didn’t play at all throughout the tournament as Ashley Cole was the preferred choice at left-back. Wayne Bridge was also used as a left midfielder to solve the problematic position only for him to lose the position to Chelsea teammate Joe Cole due to an injury.
