Cunha completes 'dream' £62.5m Man Utd move - how does he fit in?

Brazil guardant Matheus Cunha said his "dream" had go a reality aft completing a £62.5m move to Manchester United.

United activated a merchandise clause successful Cunha's Wolves statement this month.

The deal, which was taxable to a visa and a medical, has now been completed.

Cunha has signed a five-year contract, pinch nan action of a further 12 months.

"It is difficult to put into words my feelings astir becoming a Manchester United player," he said.

"Ever since I was a kid successful Brazil watching Premier League games connected TV astatine my grandmother's house, United was my favourite English squad and I dreamed of wearing nan reddish shirt.

"I want to convey my family and everyone who has helped maine make that dream a reality."

Cunha scored 31 goals successful 76 games successful each competitions for Wolves aft joining from Atletico Madrid successful 2023.

"Bringing successful Matheus was 1 of our main priorities for this summer, truthful we are delighted to person completed his signing truthful early successful nan window," said United head of shot Jason Wilcox.

After United scored a grounds debased of 44 goals successful 38 Premier League matches past season, bolstering nan onslaught was a clear privilege for head Ruben Amorim.

Although not a accepted centre-forward, Cunha scored 27 goals successful 65 convention games for Wolves successful nan past 2 seasons.

Winger Antony and striker Rasmus Hojlund person arrived astatine Old Trafford for large transportation fees successful caller years and struggled to accommodate to nan Premier League.

Newcastle United, who will play successful nan Champions League adjacent season, were willing successful signing Cunha.

United will not play European shot adjacent play and it is much than 3 years since they past reached nan Champions League knockout stages.

"United are fortunate they still person their historical entreaty and estimation arsenic a club, truthful players of nan Brazilian's value and imaginable want to move there," erstwhile England midfielder Fara Williams told BBC Sport.

"There is nary uncertainty he improves nan squad."

Cunha was nan heartbeat of Wolves' attacking threat successful nan past 2 seasons, scoring important goals, linking up play and unpicking defences pinch moments of brilliance.

"Cunha has everything a United squad would want," said Williams.

"You cannot mobility nan qualities he possesses and nan cognition he has successful position of wanting to do thing to win."

Last play Cunha scored six goals from extracurricular nan punishment area and had 51 attempts connected target successful each competitions, nan aforesaid figures arsenic United's Bruno Fernandes for United.

After regularly playing arsenic a number 9 successful his first afloat play astatine Wolves, Cunha developed into an attacking midfielder during his 2nd twelvemonth astatine Molineux.

Playing arsenic a left-sided number 10 past term, Cunha often dropped heavy to retrieve possession.

Former Wolves coach Edu Rubio said: "He needed immoderate clip to accommodate to English shot but now he is showing his existent quality.

"Cunha tin thief United to get nan shot up nan transportation quicker pinch his awesome dribbling skills and his fantabulous driving runs which tin break guidance lines truthful effectively.

"He is simply a apical subordinate pinch awesome method ability. He tin play arsenic an eight, arsenic a 10, 2nd striker, striker - truthful he fits very good successful Ruben's 3-4-2-1 system.

"He besides likes to gravitate to nan flank and travel wrong to wounded nan guidance by penetrating into nan container pinch and without nan ball.

"United will request to connection him immoderate state astatine front, giving him nan opportunity to rotate and speech positions crossed nan attacking lines.

"In return he tin connection United an attacking threat and difficult activity disconnected nan shot too."