Matheus Cunha is a man with a man utd this summer who leads the race to sign the wolves forward while he is a look of Molineux for the new season
Matheus Cunha already has a varied football career that includes five countries, with the Brazilian first left his mark in Europe thanks to the former agent of his football idol Ronaldinho. When he came the most productive season of his career, he scored 17 goals in 36 performances for Wolves and scored 15 of those goals in the Premier League.
His leading role in maintaining the club's top status has awakened intense transfer of clubs, with Manchester United led the race for the Brazil international.
The side of Ruben Amorim reportedly made a positive contact with the Cunha camp during a summer movement and are planning to activate his £ 62.5 million ($ 83.7 million) free -gauge clause, according to athletics.
A payment plan is the current bottleneck between the two clubs, in which United proposes to distribute the reimbursement over five years, but wolves who want them to be paid in three episodes in the next two years, the Express reports.
Nevertheless, a deal is still being hoped for the 26-year-old, who already has extensive experience for five clubs in five countries, including his youth career in Brazil.
Cunha's road to the top started in 2017 when Eric Lovey saw him play for the youth team of the Brazilian Zij Coritiba. Lovey, a former FIFA representative, played an important role in the early career of the Brazilian legend Ronaldinho as his confidant and agent and soon became aware of Cunha's potential.
Reminding the talent of Cunha of the Swiss newspaper tin in 2018, Lovey revealed how he always had big plans for the younger. “As soon as I heard about him, I wanted to follow his versions,” Lovey said.
“During the Nike Cup in the US, he confirmed all the good things I had heard, especially against the youth team of Manchester United. He was able to improve English players who were already adults. I was not there myself, but heard how he strengthened my wish to work with him.”
Lovey's friendship with FC Sion President Christian Constantin saw him facilitate a move to Switzerland for Cunha who had a significant impact in one season he spent there before RB Leipzig broke for his signature in 2018.
Despite the show of promise at Sion, the Brazilian struggled to replicate his performance in the Bundesliga, so that only nine goals of more than 52 performances are for Leipzig, culminating in a transfer to Hertha BSC eighteen months later.
Hertha journalist Marc Schitzky suggested a collision of styles between Cunha's “Free Spirit” approach and former Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann's tactical discipline may have hindered his success. “Probably the move to Leipzig came a little too early for Cunha, who was only 19 years old at the time of the transfer,” he wrote.
“It is normal for settling in one of the best competitions in the world, especially for young players. In the case of Cunha, however, there was also the fact that he wants to be an absolute free mind on the field.
“At that time his game was even wilder, even more individual. Julian Nagelsmann, then still coach at RB Leipzig, does, however, rely on a strong collective in which each player is subordinate to the system and must follow clear instructions.
“Cunha's talent flashed over and again in Leipzig, where he also offered great moments, but due to a lack of adaptability or tactical discipline, he was only used irregularly and was therefore lacking consistency again.”