{"id":131591,"date":"2025-05-25T21:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131591\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:05:13","slug":"matheus-cunha-agrees-five-year-deal-with-manchester-united-as-squad-number-appears-to-confirm-star-will-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131591\/","title":{"rendered":"Matheus Cunha agrees five-year deal with Manchester United as squad number appears to confirm star will leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matheus Cunha has agreed a five-year deal to sign for Manchester United, talkSPORT understands. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Red Devils<\/a> are expected to formally approach Wolves next week as they prepare to trigger the Brazilian’s \u00a362.5million release clause.<\/p>\n

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Cunha made his final appearance for Wolves on SundayCredit: Getty\"He<\/a><\/p>\n

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He will take Rashford’s jersey at Old TraffordCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old<\/a> will wear the no.10 jersey, a shirt which currently belongs to Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n

talkSPORT has previously reported that Rashford does not have a future at Man United<\/a> under Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n

And Rashford, who spent the second half of the season on loan at Aston Villa, losing his shirt number suggests he will be on the move again.<\/p>\n

Cunha is poised to arrive at United following an impressive season in which he registered 15 goals and six assists for Wolves from 33 league appearances.<\/p>\n

Predominantly used as an attacking midfielder under Gary O’Neil and Vitor Pereira, the 15 goals is the most he has scored in a single league season.<\/p>\n

However, the 2024\/25 campaign wasn’t without its drama for the Brazilian.<\/p>\n

He served a four-match suspension due to a red card he picked up<\/a> following Wolves’ FA Cup exit against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian headbutted and kicked Cherries defender Milos Kerkez and was also slapped with a \u00a350,000 fine on top of the four-game suspension.<\/p>\n

Cunha was also at the centre of controversy following Ipswich Town’s 2-1 win over Wolves at Molineux in December.<\/p>\n

He was involved in an altercation with an Ipswich staff member, who he appeared to elbow and remove his glasses.<\/p>\n

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Cunha has had a number of disciplinary issues throughout this seasonCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Cunha was subsequently charged with misconduct by the Football Association [FA] and handed a\u00a0two-match ban<\/a>, as well as an \u00a380,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Initial consideration had been given to a three-match ban alongside a \u00a3120,000 fine by a regulatory commission.<\/p>\n

However, as per their written reasons, it was agreed that Cunha had accepted the charge and offered a prompt, sincere apology.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old also offered to pay for new glasses, with his clean disciplinary record another mitigating factor in the reductions.<\/p>\n

Cunha also inked a new four-year deal with Wolves in February to put a temporary end to speculation.<\/p>\n

He had been heavily linked with moves to Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest and Arsenal earlier in the season.<\/p>\n

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Cunha was a man in demand earlier this season among some of England’s elite clubs<\/p>\n

The Magpies had even made contact with Cunha’s camp<\/a> over a potential switch, but United have now seemingly won the race.<\/p>\n

Cunha is set to join a United team that will not compete in European football next season as they finished 15th in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils also lost the Europa League final<\/a> to Tottenham, where a victory would have guaranteed them a spot in next season’s Champions League.<\/p>\n

It will be the first time since the 2014\/15 campaign United won’t have European football to contend with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matheus Cunha has agreed a five-year deal to sign for Manchester United, talkSPORT understands. The Red Devils are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[30567,98,103,235,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-131591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-man-united","9":"tag-manchester-united","10":"tag-marcus-rashford","11":"tag-matheus-cunha","12":"tag-premier-league","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}