Following reports linking Wolves’ Matheus Cunha to Manchester United, Adam Bate analyses what the Brazilian forward could bring to Old Trafford, reflecting on conversations with the man himself as well as Cunha’s current team-mates at Molineux…
Speaking to Matheus Cunha at Wolves’ training ground last summer, it was a chance to ask him how important it is for him to feel like he is having fun on the football pitch. “I do not want to go on the pitch and be a robot,” he replied. “I want to enjoy it.”
Watch Cunha play and that approach to the game shines through. At times, he can appear to wander where he chooses, making decisions off-the-cuff. But those decisions are often thrilling. He is a maverick in a sport that feels more and more coached.
In the context of Gary Neville’s comments about the recent Manchester derby being “boring”, and the subsequent reports linking United with a move for the Brazilian forward, it all makes Cunha one of the more intriguing transfer targets of the summer window.