{"id":253259,"date":"2025-07-10T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/253259\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:44:11","slug":"what-matheus-cunha-said-about-getting-no-10-shirt-at-man-united-in-place-of-marcus-rashford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/253259\/","title":{"rendered":"What Matheus Cunha said about getting No.10 shirt at Man United in place of Marcus Rashford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United have already made several squad number changes in pre-season, including giving a number to summer signing Matheus Cunha.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Red Devils moved quickly this summer to secure a \u00a362.5m deal for Matheus Cunha<\/a> from Wolves, with Ineos agreeing to trigger his release clause.<\/p>\n

This week marked the start of pre-season training and Cunha arrived at Carrington<\/a> and was greeted with his new squad number as a United player.<\/p>\n

Cunha has been given the iconic No.10 shirt <\/a>in place of Marcus Rashford, who is expected to leave the club this summer after being told not to return to Carrington for training.<\/p>\n

\"MatheusPhoto by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesMatheus Cunha honoured to wear No.10 at Man United<\/p>\n

The No.10 shirt is an iconic number in football, but especially at Manchester United, where it has been worn by legends such as Sir Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney.<\/p>\n

The history and prestige of the squad number has not been missed by Matheus Cunha<\/a>, who spoke about the privilege in a new club interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow,\u201d Cunha said after being presented with a No.10 shirt. \u201cIt\u2019s something that you always dream about. I can mention so many players who have worn this shirt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one I always think about is Wayne Rooney. He was the one I grew up watching play. I have also swapped shirts with Marcus, so I have his shirt at my home.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut of course, many players have worn this \u2013 Van Nistelrooy, Ibrahimovic. The dream is not only the shirt, but the history around the shirt is something that I have the privilege to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith every single number, it would be a pleasure to wear this shirt, but with this one it is something different. Of course, the responsibility is coming, and I hope I can do everything like goals and assists to help the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matheus Cunha already impressing at Man United<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim is only a few days into pre-season training at Carrington, but he will already like what he is seeing from his big-money signing.<\/p>\n

Reports suggest Cunha has already impressed staff<\/a> and his teammates with his incredible finishing \u2013 something that was severely lacking in this United squad last season.<\/p>\n

The latest training footage shows Cunha\u2019s incredible ball-carrying skills<\/a>, with the Brazilian wasting no time showing off his talents at Carrington.<\/p>\n

United fans were stunned by Cunha<\/a> after watching him in action, with fans confident that he can add something special to Amorim\u2019s side next season.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Man Utd legend sends brutal message to Marcus Rashford after losing No 10 shirt, \u2018find another club\u2026\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cunha appears to be a great tactical fit for Amorim<\/a>, who wants a narrow No.10 to support a central striker in his 3-4-2-1 formation. <\/p>\n

Fans can hopefully see Cunha make his United debut later this month when facing Leeds United on July 19.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have already made several squad number changes in pre-season, including giving a number to summer signing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,103,235,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-253259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-marcus-rashford","10":"tag-matheus-cunha","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114828533653948641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253259","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=253259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}