Nottingham Forest looks at a club record movement for Wolves Vooruit Matheus Cunha this summer if they are eligible for the Champions League, according to a report.
Mail Sport exclusively revealed in January that the Brazilian was at the top of the winter shopping list of Forest, but a deal never materialized and the attacker eventually wrote a new contract with Molineux with a release clause of £ 62 million.
As a result, Cunha, who scored 13 goals in 26 Premier League matches, is expected to leave the West Midlands this summer and according to Talksport is a sensational move.
Elliot Anderson's acquisition last summer has set a new figure for transfers on the city ground, but the deal for Cunha would spend the £ 35 million forrest a lot on the midfielder.
Because Forest looks more and more to qualify for the Champions League next season, the riches of the competitions of the competitions can make a big summer of expenditure possible. Nuno Espirito Santo's has led his troops to the dizzying heights of third place in the top flight – seven points free from Newcastle in the sixth.
The top five clubs of England are eligible for the Champions League of the following season in the current UEFA coefficient rankings.
Forest is likely to be confronted with the competition for the signature of the Brazilian, with people such as Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham reported that they were interested in January.
The 25-year-old is currently observing a ban on four games after he had been rejected earlier this month for violent contact in Wolves' FA Cup defeat of Bournemouth. He had scored a stunning equalizer to send the last-16 draw to extra time, but then became involved in a fight with cherry full back Milos Kerkez.
Cunha saw Red after launching a shocking attack that saw him hit, kick and headbutt Kerkez.
He was sued by the FA and after revising the incident, an independent committee announced that Cunha received a suspension of four games – another competition than he was initially planned to serve.
He apologized for his moment of madness on Instagram later that evening when he wrote: 'Eventually another game where you did your best. I couldn't lose my head at the end. Sorry.'
Cunha has missed two games since the loss of Bournemouth, where Wolves went to Everton at home before he won 2-1 in Southampton.
After the international break, he will play the matches of Wolves against West Ham and Ipswich, but will be available when the Midlands Club Tottenham hosts on 13 April.
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