Cunha completes his move to Wolverhampton

The Brazilian striker leaves Atletico Madrid through the back door

As a rojiblanco, he played 54 games, with 11 starts, seven goals and six assists.

On Sunday, Matthews Cunha, the international Brazilian striker, completed his transfer to Wolverhampton from Atletico Madrid, Both entities, which do not specify the amounts of the waiver that “will automatically become a permanent agreement until 2027, in the event that some clauses are activated,” the English entity explained.

Matheus Cunha will become Julen Lopetegui’s first signing as Wolves manager, on loan from January 1, subject to a work permit. The Brazil international traveled to the UK and completed his medical earlier in the week, finalizing a transfer that would automatically become a permanent deal until a year. 2027, in the event that some provisions are activated,” the “wolves” said in a statement on their official website.

“Atlético de Madrid has reached an agreement with Wolverhampton Wanderers for the transfer of Matheus Cunha, with an option to buy. From Atlético de Madrid, we wish Matheus Cunha every success in this new professional phase, whose agreement to waive is conditional on a decision in some of the last margins of the player’s documents”, declared the rojiblanco club .

Matheus Cunha leaves Atlético through the back door, between the club’s financial need and the attractiveness that could excite him in the market, as was the case.. in the balance between supply and demand. He is the player of those who are not superior or beginners in Diego Simeone’s scheme for whom more money can be obtained, not counting Joao Felix.

“About being loved and feeling loved. Things like that will never change. Feeling identified with something, feeling important, feeling affection and feeling part of a whole family is different. To you athletes, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have amazing players as athletes and as people.” You have fans who make you feel at home even on the other side of the world,” she captioned the post last Thursday on Instagram.

“Football as such, like any other job, there are those who take charge because at some point it was very important, they have a hierarchy, there are those who make decisions and then you also have to make your own decisions,” he later released in his post, without specifying who he directed. This phrase, if for Diego Simeone, his coach; board or any other person.

He concluded, “My heart will always hold a piece of my Atleti! You’ve always had my everything, simply because I felt you gave me everything. Thank you very much, Kona.”

The 23-year-old striker, international with Brazil, although he was finally left out of Tite’s final squad for the 2022 Qatar World Cup by a technical decision, He arrived at the Rojablanco club a year and a half ago, for the 2021-22 campaign and leaves ahead of schedule, in the current January market, with 54 matches with the team, 11 appearances, seven goals and six assists.

In his promising first year, Cunha played 37 games, nine of them as a starter, with the aforementioned seven goals and four assists for his teammates.

In the last semester, already corresponding to the 2022-23 campaign, he played 17 duels, only two since 11 (the 0-2 win against Sevilla, as a left winger, and the 2-1 win against Girona in the capital), for a total of 510 minutes without a single goal. Make two passes.

Atletico paid 30 million euros for his transfer from Hertha, In which he also played for a year and a half, from the winter market for the 2019-20 season to 2020-21, with 40 matches, 35 participations and 14 goals.

He previously played with Leipzig, from 2018-19 until the middle of the 2019-20 season, with 52 appearances and nine goals. EFE