Man Utd close to signing Wolves' Cunha

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Matheus Cunha's transportation to Manchester United is astatine an precocious signifier arsenic the Wolves guardant nears a £62.5m determination to Old Trafford.

BBC Sport understands United volition beryllium required to wage the afloat interest for the Brazil attacker successful 3 instalments, during a two-year period.

The 2 parties are closing successful connected a full statement implicit idiosyncratic terms, with sources indicating a woody implicit the forward's bundle is present a formality.

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

Cunha's release clause is worthy £62.5m, meaning determination is nary request for lengthy club-to-club negotiations - provided United conscionable the circumstantial presumption of the buy-out.

Well-placed sources person indicated that they volition beryllium required to wage the afloat magnitude by the extremity of the 2026-27 campaign.

The archetypal £20.8m volition beryllium paid upon acquisition and the 2nd instalment astatine the extremity of adjacent season, with the last magnitude owed successful the 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 the club.

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

He wrote: "Individually it was the champion play of my life. All of this was lone imaginable due to the fact that of each the dedication and emotion I person for this club.

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

"I made mistakes and got things right, but ever due to the fact that I lived this nine truthful much. All I ever wanted was to bash the intolerable for Wolves. Another 1 is over. And convey you for each the affection."

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