Messi is gone, here he comes! 60 million to buy iron waist, how far can Paris go in the Champions League?

With the departure of Messi, Paris Saint-Germain's managerial chaos is known to more and more fans. But if someone goes, someone will come, and in order to keep Mbappe, Paris also opened its wallet.

After signing Real Madrid star Asensio, Paris paid 60 million euros to buy Uruguay international midfielder Ugarte at Sporting Portugal. But is this really a good thing? Or was it fooled by a super broker to buy parallel goods?

01. Send a lawyer's letter for the buyer: 60 million is planned by Mendes

a. Super agent routine: Barça have been a trustee

Ugart's agent is Mendes, and hearing this name, perhaps many people are not surprised by the sudden skyrocketing in his value.

In order to achieve his goal, Mendes even "invited" Barca to raise the price at one point, creating a gesture of Ugarte approaching La Liga giants.

After all, in the World Cup, even if there are not many midfielders in the Uruguayan national team, it is difficult for Ugarte to sit on the main team.

Tottenham, Barcelona and other teams that are rumored to have been in contact with Ugart have not made real moves, whether in the winter window or the summer window.

b. Sending a lawyer's letter for the buyer: Paris 'scared' Chelsea?

This time in the summer window market, Chelsea once competed with Paris for Ugart. They also promised to pay him 60 million euros in liquidated damages.

Paris wrote a lawyer's letter complaining about Sporting Portugal as the Chelsea boss was rumoured to be interested in the team and therefore included Ugarte as part of the transfer. Paris threatened to complain to UEFA, and Chelsea quickly withdrew.

In terms of annual salary, Chelsea gave about 5 million euros before tax, and Paris is close to that figure. However, because Ligue 1 currently has tax incentives, Ugarte comes to Paris and can earn about 3.4 million euros in after-tax salaries.

In this sense, whether or not Chelsea were influenced by that lawyer's letter, they are unlikely to end up competing for Paris.

02. Always ready to fight: Steal efficiency is not high

a. Traverse speed is fair & not good at long-distance attacks

Ugarte's defensive stats are staggering, averaging more than 7 tackles + interceptions per game in the Champions League and Europa League, as well as about 2 fouls.

The player's traverse and defensive speed is still good, but he is not good at long-distance replay. The explosiveness of the first step is good, but the absolute speed is on the slow side, making him more suitable to stay in a relatively back position to defend.

Taking this defense as an example, Ugart's traverse and defense against Son Heung-min are still in place. He defended in the first step and had a good standard.

There is a certain explosiveness, and there is also good power, which usually makes the other party uncomfortable. But Ugarth's accuracy is average, and the efficiency of real ball breaking is not very high.

This time it was the same, Ugart suddenly moved sideways and pasted Son Heung-min, although he failed to break the ball, but effectively prevented the opponent's attack.

After the overall formation is in place, Ugart acts as a defensive tip to target the defense, which can make the opposing ball carrier quite uncomfortable.

b. Steal data has moisture: the real efficiency is not high

Ugarte is the first man to make tackles in the group stage of the Champions League, averaging 4.8 tackles and 2.2 interceptions per game. Just look at the data, it will be amazing.

But if you look deeper, this data is a bit moist. Ugart has a high percentage of 1-on-1 defensive moves in the game, totaling 190 in all competitions throughout the season, with 4.28 1-on-1 defensive attempts every 90 minutes, but a true success rate of less than 40%.

Ugart's defensive characteristics still need to be attached to fight with the body. Once the opponent starts to dribble the ball, his foot movement will appear a little sluggish.

This time, after Hoibel took the ball and started speeding, the one who snatched it was Ugart.

This time defensively, the opponent dodged and scored the ball over the grabbed Ugart. He grabbed in the high position, and the success rate was really low.

Fortunately, a teammate made a tackle and got the ball back. From this point of view, Ugart is suitable for relatively tight defensive tactics at the back, and the surrounding teammates stand firm and let him harass, which can play a good role.

03. The offensive end is not worth much: the price of 60 million is obviously inflated

a. The offensive end has a limited role: the passing is mediocre

Ugarte doesn't stand too high in attack, even in the relatively easy Portuguese Premier League, where he only hits the target with one shot every 10 games.

With 0 goals and 0 assists in all competitions throughout the season, he only made one pass that created a great chance, and his involvement in the offensive end was evident.

Ugart has some ability to dribble the ball, but his choice of dribbling line is not particularly good. After breaking the ball, he also easily leads himself to a dead end.

This time is his rare highlight moment, overall, Ugarth's passing is relatively flat, but fortunately he can complete short passes on both left and right feet, and the stability is still good.

Looking at this round, Ugart's break of Lucas Jr. is still quite crucial. However, in the subsequent offensive and defensive transitions, Ugart lacked the ability to organize forward, and eventually could only pass back to the central defender.

b. Behind Kylian Mbappe and Neymar: there is his tactical value

As you can see from the Champions League group stage statistics against Marseille, Ugarte tried 21 one-on-one facets at his feet and succeeded 9 times.

With 5 fouls and 3 fouls, 5 successful steals and 2 passes, he is constantly fighting and fighting again and again.

As a defensive tipper, Ugart can play a grappling role in the low post, making it easier for teammates to return to defense. When forced to do so, his fouls are also very decisive (that is, crazy confrontation, foul if you can't break the ball).

From this point of view, Ugart still has some value in the Mbappe counterattack system led by Neymar.

Paris' first two signings, buying back Ugarte and Asensio up front, still makes some sense.

Mbappe needs counter-attacking opportunities and players with the ability to advance. From this point of view, signing is also reasonable.

Conclusion:

It's just that as a pure defender, Ugart also has shortcomings in tackle-up efficiency and absolute speed. Paris is willing to pay 60 million euros in liquidated damages for him, which is somewhat fooled by Mendes.

But Paris is not short of money after all, and perhaps in their opinion, it is worth it to bring a little help to the system. After all, in next season's Champions League, Paris will certainly not be willing to continue to the round of 16.