Five Premier League clubs, including Manchester United, want to sign Matheus Cunha this summer.
Arsenal and Aston Villa are among the clubs that have held exploratory conversations this year about signing the Brazil international.
Saudi Pro League clubs are now also willing to activate his release clause of £ 64 million.
Cunha thinks United is one of the largest clubs in the world and their current Premier League position – they are currently one place above Wolves in the 14th – would not make him from a potential move to Old Trafford.
One source has told Sky Sports News that the 25-year-old “Loves United”.
Cunha will leave wolves this summer when the clause is activated.
The attacker, signed from Atletico Madrid in 2022 for a reimbursement of approximately £ 34 million, has registered 26 goals and 11 assists in 60 Premier League matches.
Man Utd received encouragement Cunha would like to participate
Sky Sports News Senior Reporter Melissa Reddy:
Cunha has given Manchester United positive instructions that he is interested in joining them from Wolven.
As last week underlined by Sky Sports News, the 25-year-old is high in the goals of United to strengthen Ruben Amorim's attack.
Cunha's explosiveness as a no. 10 in the same system that Amorim uses, tailored to his ability to work everywhere in the front line, makes him very attractive for a side that is desperate on goals, creativity and dynamics in ball progression.
He was submitted as a player who could immediately improve United, and his experience in various competitions and countries – Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and England – points to the power of character to adjust and thrive in contrasting circumstances.
Cunha's loss of emotional control, which led to suspensions, was considered an anomaly instead of the norm during his career. There is an opinion that he can learn to channel that fiery side to further improve his game.
Cunha is one of a number of attacking options that United is considering this summer, with Victor Osimhen and Liam Delap also among those who are in their thinking.
Why Maverick Cunha fits well with Man Utd – but also a risk
Sky Sports' Adam Bate:
Speaking with Cunha on the Wolves training field last summer, it was a chance to ask him how important it is that he has the feeling that he has fun on the football field. “I don't want to go on the field and be a robot,” he replied. “I want to enjoy it.”
View Cunha Play and that approach to the game shines through. Sometimes he can seem to wander where he chooses and makes decisions from the cuff. But those decisions are often exciting. He is an outsider in a sport that feels more and more coached.
In the context of Gary Neville's comments about the recent Manchester derby that is “boring” and the subsequent reports that connect United with a movement for the Brazilian attacker, Cunha all makes one of the more intriguing transfer goals of the summer window.
Why? Because at one level Cunha is completely logical in one of those no. 10 rolls within the 3-4-3 system of Ruben Amorim. He is already playing for wolves there. He can score goals, but also make them for others. His release costs of £ 64 million offers clarity for United.
On the other hand, there are questions about his temperament and while Cunha, who becomes 26 in May, is at the right age to make the big move of his career, some will ask if he can adapt to the requirements and can consistently deliver within an organized pressure structure.