Izuchukwu OkosiBrazil international, Matheus Cunha, has signed a five-year deal with the option of a year extension at Manchester United from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
United will structure the payments for the player in three windows that will amount to £62.5m in three instalments.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe forward attracted a number of interests from clubs in England during the January transfer window albeit none came to fruition.
READ ALSO: Arsenal and Newcastle United were the team’s linked with Cunha in January as well as a return to Atletico Madrid and the Saudi Pro League.
The 26-year-old who on Sunday left the Lowry Hotel in Salford to join up with the Brazilian national team ahead of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Paraguay scored 31 goals in 76 appearances for Wolves after his loan move to the club was made permanent in 2023.
The Brazilian arrived Wolves in a £35m deal
The former Atletico Madrid player has now become the first United signing ahead of the 2025/2026 season.
Multiple sources in the English media indicate that the deal is subject to vids approval and registration procedures.
The final details of the contract will be completed when the player returns from international duties with the Samba boys.
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is desperate to return the team to its once enviable position after a disastrous campaign saw them finish in 15th place and lost the final of the UEFA Europa League to fellow Premier League strugglers Tottenham Hotspur at the San Mames in Bilbao, Spain.
United are hoping that influential superstar captain Bruno Fernandes turns down a mouthwatering offer from Saudi Arabia’s top side, Al Hilal who are ready to pay the sum of £100m in total for the signature of the Portuguese superstar.
United finished in 15th position last season – their lowest ever place in the topflight.
The team have already embarked on preseason tours.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
