Matheus Cunha is an official player of Manchester United after the Brazilian attacker completed his transfer of £ 62.5 million from Premier League Side Wolves on Sunday
Rio Ferdinand has told Manchester United star Marcus Rashford that new signature of £ 62.5 million Matheus Cunha will take the number 10 shirt in Old Trafford. Cunha, 26, has officially left wolves and joined the Red Devils on a contract of five years to June 2030, including the option to extend his stay with another 12 months.
United announced the attacker's arrival on Sunday afternoon, because he and his family were seen in the Lowry Hotel in Manchester. Cunha will now make contact with his international teammates in Brazil before returning to England for training for the season after a short vacation.
By that time, Rashford Boyhood Club United could have left. The 27-year-old is for sale after having spent the second half of this season on loan in Aston Villa.
There are no indications that Villa will activate their option to buy Rashford for £ 40 million, the price that United demands from other voorags. Barcelona has had conversations with his agent and brother, Dwaine Maynard, but the newly crowned La Liga champions prefer a loan agreement.
It has been reported that, regardless of the future of Rashford, Cunha will take his number 10 shirt. The product of the United Academy has worn the song since 2018, but according to Ferdinand's information it is now of Cunha after he was wearing the same number for wolves and former club Hertha Berlin.
Responding to Cunha's lucrative arrival, Ferdinand said to his Tiktok followers: “One of the few players I mentioned a few weeks ago, if I had a shopping list, he would be there. He knows the Premier League, so he needs no adjustment time.
“This is a huge factor. I think if you are going to buy players from foreign competitions, players who do not have the experience in the Premier League, there is always a risk. He has the experience here. We have seen him. He has grown up a fan of a man United.
Should Marcus Rashford lose his shirt number to Matheus Cunha? Say in the commentary part.
“I hear that he is taking the no 10 shirt, that was Rashford's shirt. What does that mean for Marcus Rashford? I don't know. There are many questions that will be asked about it.
“Seventeen goals, six assists in 36 games for a Wolves team, I think it is impressive. I think the recruitment team would have seen Manchester United, and the coaches who would have seen here, what he did to manage in Old Trafford. He cut through people as a hot knife through butter.”