Manchester United retired player Manuel Ugarte successfully undergoes surgery after damaging knee ligaments. Gravets was injured while competing for the national team Uruguay at the 2026 World Championships.

“Everyone at Manchester United encourages Manuel to get the most out of his life and encourage him at the skin stage of rehabilitation,” reads the official statement..

The terms of Ugarte's return to the field are not specified, but through this type of care, the patient may miss a significant part of the first half of the new season. The chaos began at the end of the first half of the final group stage match against Spain (0:1), when the midfielder placed his foot too close to the pick and was in danger of depriving the field of his burden.

In the 2025/26 season, a 25-year-old football player who is important in the support zone, having won 24 matches for the “Black Devils” in all tournaments and having lost one lead, without being productive..