Ruben Amorim was unambiguously in the press conference space in Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon about the key to Manchester United who again became a competent team.
Objectives have been scarce since the Portuguese have taken the lead. Only Everton and West Ham outside the bottom three have scored fewer goals this season than 38 from Manchester United.
At home, only Everton and Bournemouth have scored less on their own patch than United.
“It's a team thing,” said Amorim.
'Of course we have an idea of ​​what this team needs, but also the boys we play with, we play at least three boys in front to score goals and we have midfielders … All the team needs to score more goals and you have opportunities with the midfielders and the striker.
“As a team we have to improve, because if you don't score goals in this competition, it is impossible to win games.”
So, as good as a center or two is the top priority of United in the summer transfer window, Amorim has made it clear forces that he needs goals in his team.
That is where Matheus comes in Cunha. A goalscores no. 10 that starts at the age of 26 and has been proven 'Premier League' at the age of 26 – it is a no -brine of United's Side.
Cunha has been discussed internally since the end of 2024 and his name has never come off the table, because United is now looking for a movement to activate its £ 62.5 million release clause.
There is a multitude of factors that appeal to United when it comes to Cunha, not least his fame with the 3-4-2-1 system that Amorim has shown that he is ready to give up.
It is the system, with two no 10s behind a lonely center Vooruit, in which Cunha has operated since Vorror Pereira took the lead.
One of Amorim's greatest difficulties since recording the job was the need to coach too many of his players through games due to a lack of understanding in positioning or the urgent strategy. There have been countless games where it felt that he played Subutteo by dragging players and pointing them out in positions.
That is not concerned when it comes to Cunha because of his Bootcamp under Pereira and although Amorim has its own obstinacy, you see a lot at the top of United Cunha as a signing of the plug -and -play that can have an immediate impact.
Only Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah and Cole Palmer have produced more shots on Target this season in the Premier League than Cunha, while it is stated that Cunha has made a more joint effort in the past two seasons to shoot more often and to produce more shots in 2023-24 and 2024-25.
United has also noted that this is a career-best year for the goal for Cunha with 14 goals with four assists to go with it. Alejandro Garnacho, Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund have combined 11 goals.
It has also been lifted that Cunha has shown a comfort game if the left 10 or the right 10 and previously played as a no. 9, so that United Options has given their needs as injuries.
“I just have the feeling that if I can get Cunha in the right place, I let him understand this and that, together with what he already brings, we can get a real turnout in what he produces,” Former Wolves Baas Gary O'Neil told Sky in 2023.
“He is already a special player. With Matheus Cunha there is always the potential for more. '
He added: 'Matheus Cunha is an incredible guy with a big heart who wants to do his best for the team.
'If you look at his working speed and the figures he produces, he finishes his socks. It's just when I try to get him to direct it in the right way. '
Ball Set drawings are also important for Amorim, not least being able to become united on the field when they are registered, and only three players have worn the ball to the last third part of the field than Cunha this season: Alex Iwobi (Fulham), Josko Gvardiol (Manchester Cityy) and Jeremy Doku (Mancery).
No transfer is free of risk – Manchester United knows that it is better than most, where Angel Di Maria and Alexis Sanchez do not train after large movements – but in Cunha, the forces that are a prime player with all the transforming skills they are looking for to breathe new life into one of the worst attacks of the competition.