Man Utd close to signing Wolves' Cunha

Matheus Cunha's transportation to Manchester United is astatine an precocious shape arsenic nan Wolves guardant nears a £62.5m move to Old Trafford.

BBC Sport understands United will beryllium required to salary nan afloat interest for nan Brazil attacker successful 3 instalments, during a two-year period.

The 2 parties are closing successful connected a full statement complete individual terms, pinch sources indicating a woody complete nan forward's package is now a formality.

Wolves are yet to person a general approach, but that is expected successful nan coming days.

Cunha's release clause is worthy £62.5m, meaning location is nary request for lengthy club-to-club negotiations - provided United meet nan circumstantial position of nan buy-out.

Well-placed sources person indicated that they will beryllium required to salary nan afloat magnitude by nan extremity of nan 2026-27 campaign.

The first £20.8m will beryllium paid upon acquisition and nan 2nd instalment astatine nan extremity of adjacent season, pinch nan last magnitude owed successful nan summertime of 2027.

Cunha has made 92 appearances since arriving astatine Wolves, initially connected loan, from Atletico Madrid successful January 2023, scoring 33 goals for nan club.

The 25-year-old almost surely played his past crippled for Wolves successful Sunday's 1-1 tie pinch Brentford and has since taken to societal media to station a connection to supporters.

He wrote: "Individually it was nan champion play of my life. All of this was only imaginable because of each nan dedication and emotion I person for this club.

"I became nan Brazilian pinch nan astir goals successful a Premier League play on pinch Roberto Firmino and Gabriel Martinelli.

"I made mistakes and sewage things right, but ever because I lived this nine truthful much. All I ever wanted was to do nan intolerable for Wolves. Another 1 is over. And convey you for each nan affection."