The Cunha conundrum and gamble.
Manchester United are in a position financially, and in their need for extensive team-rebuilding, where they cannot make mistakes with their recruitment. They have made too many in the past. That is why their interest in paying the £62.5m release clause of Matheus Cunha, Wolverhampton Wanderers skilful, productive but complicated attacker, arouses such fascination. He’s a terrific player but how much of a team player is he? There are no questions over the Brazilian’s talent, only his temperament.
He does come with baggage. Some of it may simply be related to a desire to move on from Molineux. He has a tendency to take to social media and post cryptic comments such as “I will follow my dreams, not yours” before returning from suspension against Spurs. And scoring. That’s the issue with Cunha. There are significant on-field rewards.