Wolves make Matheus Cunha transfer ‘promise’ amid Manchester United interest

Wolves person vowed to support clasp of Matheus Cunha successful January amid beardown involvement from Manchester United.

Having impressed during an archetypal loan, Cunha joined Wolves connected a imperishable ground successful the summer of 2023 and the 25-year-old hasn’t looked back, racking up 21 goals and 13 assists successful his opening 49 games.

A stunning brace successful Wolves’ 4-1 triumph implicit Fulham astatine the play enactment Cunha’s sanction further successful the spotlight and a fig of apical teams person been alerted by the Brazilian’s sparking form.

Tottenham and Manchester United are believed to beryllium keeping adjacent tabs connected Cunha’s concern astatine Molineux, with some clubs connected the hunt for attacking reinforcements this winter.

Pedro Neto and Max Kilman near Wolves to articulation Chelsea and West Ham respectively past summertime and speculation has been mounting that Cunha could beryllium acceptable to travel the duo retired the exit doorway earlier excessively long.

But according to talkSPORT, Wolves manager of shot Matt Hobbs has ‘promised’ caput manager Gary O’Neil that Cunha volition not beryllium sold erstwhile the January transportation model opens for business.

The sought-after guardant – who has been capped 11 times by the Brazil nationalist squad – inactive has 3 years remaining connected his existent declaration with Wolves.

In the summer, Cunha insisted helium was successful nary hurry to question an flight way retired of Wolves, with rumours swirling of a imaginable determination to United.

‘We spot this unreserved but I’m precise blessed astatine Wolves,’ helium told Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte erstwhile quizzed connected United’s reported interest.

‘My absorption is connected resting and making the astir of my interruption with my family.

‘I’m precise blessed astatine Wolves. The absorption present is to person amended seasons and assistance the club. God willing, I volition proceed connected this path.’

In the aftermath of Cunha’s treble astatine Craven Cottage, O’Neil sang the Brazilian’s praises, adjacent comparing Wolves’ talisman to the likes of Bernardo Silva and Martin Odegaard.

‘Everyone knows however important helium is to us, but besides important to recognise the enactment that he’s enactment successful since helium has been here. This isn’t the Matheus Cunha that arrived astatine Wolves,’ the Wolves manager said.

‘I emotion moving with him due to the fact that the penny has decidedly dropped that helium tin beryllium a apical player. There were gaps earlier and helium works each azygous time to beryllium arsenic bully arsenic helium tin be.

‘I emotion moving with him. His endowment is incredible, obviously. But if you ticker the apical players, they’re capable to bash it week successful week out. Watch radical similar Bernardo Silva, Martin Odegaard.

‘They’re each apical with oregon without the shot and Matheus, the numbers he’s producing astatine the infinitesimal are up determination with everybody.’

‘He’s going to enactment astatine Wolves for arsenic agelong arsenic possible, firstly. But aft that, there’s nary bounds to wherever helium tin go.’

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