Matheus Cunha appears prominently on the Manchester United objectives list while planning to strengthen Ruben Amorim’s attack this summer, according to CBS sports sources.
The Wolverhampton Wanderers striker, Cunha, has been one of the excellent artists of the Premier League this season and has a release clause of $ 83.5 million in his contract that can be activated in the summer. The Brazilian is expected to leave Molineux and has also been linked to a movement towards Arsenal and Chelsea.
Cunha has scored 14 goals in 28 Premier League games for wolves threatened with descent this season, six more than anyone in a united team that has fought for the goals of all the for much of the campaign. In fact, the Amorim team has scored 10 less than the wolves this season and occupy the 14th position, above them by force of their superior defensive record.
Adding goals to the side will be a priority for United this summer, although how much they can invest in their first line will depend on whether they are playing the football of the Champions League next season. His only hope to make competition, and in fact playing any European football, produced by winning the Europa League, where they face Bilbao Atlético in the semifinals (Watch on Paramount+).
It is also said that United is admirers of the Ipswich eaves, Liam Delap, and have been linked to Victor Osimhen, the Napoli striker who is currently lent in Galatasaray. No addition would necessarily prevent investment in Cunha, which could fit into a central role forward or in the two attack positions behind the leader in the Amorim system.
Cunha has not hidden his preparation to start from the wolves, whose 1-0 victory in United on Sunday guaranteed that they would avoid the descent of the Premier League. “I have made it clear that I need to take the next step,” he told the observer in March. “I want to fight for titles, for great things. I have potential.”
The 25 -year -old joined the Lobos of Atlético de Madrid in the summer of 2023 and has scored 32 goals in 87 games in all competitions.
