Arsenal target Matheus Cunha sends transfer message with very public declaration

Wolves prima Matheus Cunha has been linked with a determination to Arsenal passim the wintertime transportation model but the in-form Brazilian looks acceptable to enactment beyond Monday's 11pm deadline

Arsenal people Matheus Cunha made it wide that he's not going anyplace earlier transfer deadline day with a telling solemnisation during Wolves' 2-0 triumph against Aston Villa.

Cunha, 25, wrapped up Wolves' triumph successful the 97th infinitesimal with different awesome goal, his 11th of the season. The Brazilian not lone boosted Wolves' endurance hopes by securing the 3 points but besides by powerfully hinting that helium won't beryllium ditching Vitor Pereira's relegation-threatened side.

Wheeling distant successful solemnisation aft blasting the shot past Emiliano Martinez, an affectional Cunha pointed to the Molineux turf, a connection to accidental 'I'm staying'. The ex-Atletico Madrid prima past kissed the badge connected his shirt, which he'd taken off. Cunha besides made a signing motion with his hands, arsenic Wolves chiefs stay successful talks implicit a caller woody with their free-scoring No.10.

Arsenal person been the broadside most linked with Cunha's signature, with the Gunners successful hopeless request of a forward. Noises coming from the player's campy suggested that helium was unfastened to a determination but immoderate woody volition present person to hold until the summer, with Wolves inactive astatine hazard of dropping backmost down to the Championship for the archetypal clip since 2018.

Cunha isn't the lone striker connected Arsenal's radar, with Villa's Ollie Watkins the taxable of a £60million bid from the Gunners this week. That offer, however, was rejected.

Arsenal are besides successful the contention to motion Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich, though they'd apt look contention from Manchester United. RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko could beryllium an enactment earlier Monday's 11pm deadline but he'd outgo a sizeable amount.

Cunha volition alternatively beryllium focussed connected recovering up of Wolves' travel to look Blackburn Rovers successful the FA Cup 4th circular adjacent Sunday. "He has this quality. A peculiar player. He's committed with us," Pereira told Sky Sports. "He knows successful the aboriginal helium tin play for the champion teams successful England but he's committed with us."

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The Wolves brag added: "Very happy. Very proud. We played a pugnacious game. Tactically we played with quality. We played arsenic a squad with existent spirit, moving unneurotic and suffering together. I'm precise happy. Important crippled not lone for the 3 points but to interruption this [bad run]. We cognize it's a agelong way, a hard way. With our supporters and this tone we tin bash it."

Wolves are besides closing successful connected the indebtedness signing of Austria planetary defender Kevin Danso, who is owed to person a aesculapian connected Sunday earlier joining until the extremity of the season.

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