Jose Mourinho<\/a> wanted to go down in the 2016 summer transfer window, while also acknowledging the importance of having players who could also play in different roles.<\/p>\n![\"Jose](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_GettyImages-1241999989.jpg\")
Ruben Amorim has taken a leaf out of Jose Mourinho’s (right) book.(Image: Carlos Rodrigues\/Getty Images.)<\/p>\n
“We made a nucleus of four priorities, four positions, to give a certain balance to the squad,” Mourinho said in July 2016. “To give a certain push in terms of the qualities I need and want.<\/p>\n
“As you know, the ones with more vision. I am more a manager that likes specialists rather than multi-functional players because I am clear in my approach.<\/p>\n
“Multi-functional players \u2013 you need one or two if you have three central defenders injured. But, basically, I want specialists.”<\/p>\n
United’s early-window recruitment has given a clear indication that Amorim is after both specialists and a sprinkling of versatility. Multi-functional forwards have been missing from United’s attacking ranks in recent years, making the addition of Cunha and the potential addition of Mbeumo extremely positive.<\/p>\n
However, Cunha, despite being capable of playing as a No.9, is, first and foremost, a specialist No.10, who will slot straight into the left-sided No.10 position. He is a maverick, capable of making something happen in the blink of an eye from that particular area of the pitch.<\/p>\n
The unique nature of Amorim’s system means he will need specialist operators, hence why he was so determined to sign Patrick Dorgu back in January to operate at wing-back. He cannot rely on attempting to put square pegs in round holes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man United have signed Matheus Cunha – and he will occupy a key position in Ruben Amorim’s team.Manchester…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,1056,2465,423,9060,235,99,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-165443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-jose-mourinho","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united-fc","14":"tag-manchester-united-transfer-news","15":"tag-matheus-cunha","16":"tag-ruben-amorim","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114643114319434823","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165443","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=165443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Manchester United have signed Matheus Cunha for \u00a362.5m.(Image: Wolverhampton Wanderers FC\/Wolves via Getty Images.)<\/p>\n