Manchester United officially announced the first signing of the 62.5 million summer window! Cunha has confirmed his plans to make his debut and has left Manchester to return to Brazil

Manchester United officially announced on Sunday that the club have reached a three-way agreement with Wolves and Cunha, with the 26-year-old Brazilian striker joining for £62.5 million. However, Cunha is yet to officially become a member of the Red Devils and will need to complete his visa application and registration after the international break. Once these formalities are completed, Cunha will sign a five-year contract with a one-year right of first refusal. Manchester United will need to pay Wolves his £62.5 million liquidated damages in three instalments over a period of two years.

In an official statement, the club said: "Everyone at Manchester United is looking forward to welcoming Mateus [Cunha] to Old Trafford." Wolves also released their own statement saying goodbye to the player who has brought the club a record income: "Everyone at Wolves would like to thank Mateus for his contribution over the past two and a half years and wish him and his family the best of luck for the future."

As the first signing of Manchester United's summer transfer window, Cunha himself shared Manchester United's official post on social media. "I'm proud to be a part of the club." Cunha wrote. He and his pregnant wife were at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester, a short distance from Carrington's training ground, where the Reds had long stayed before the game, where Jose Mourinho and others had stayed.

Cunha then vacated her hotel room and boarded a car to Manchester Airport with his wife, Gabriella, who married last year, and their son. He will fly to Brazil for Carlo Ancelotti's first two international games in charge.

Brazil will play away to Ecuador in the 2026 World Cup South American Qualifiers this Thursday (June 6), and on June 11, the "Samba Army" will return to their home stadium to face Paraguay. Cunha will be on holiday after the international break and is expected to report to Manchester United at the end of June and early July to sign a permanent contract, and he is expected to wear the team's number 10 shirt to replace Marcus Rashford, who is certain to leave.

It is reported that Cunha's agent met with Manchester United's transfer director Christopher Vivel on Saturday night to finalise the final details of the contract. His salary will be up to £200,000 a week, which is much higher than his maximum salary at Wolves. After that, he passed the club's medical examination.

Cunha scored 33 goals in 92 games for Wolves and 72 in 270 games in his club career. Ruben Amorim will be hoping he will solve his team's goalscoring problems, with the Brazilian striker expected to play as a number 10 on the left side of the 343 formation. At Wolves, two managers, Gary O'Neill and Victor Pereira, have used a predominantly back three, with Cunha playing on the left and in the middle and less on the right.

The Brazilian versatile striker has excellent ball-handling ability and will add to United's individual attacking routine in midfield. Among the existing players, only Amad Diallo and Garnacho have a certain level of individual combat with the ball, among which the 20-year-old Argentine winger has a more monotonous attack, mainly cutting inside and shooting, playing more "alone", because of the falling out with Amorim, he may be purged in the summer window.

The arrival of Cunha could change that by dropping back or picking up the ball and using his excellent possession to lead the opposition defence, creating space for the strikers. However, United cannot hope that just one Cunha can transform the club's attack and the club as a whole.

Cunha can indeed score, contributing 15 goals in the Premier League this season, but even with him and striker Joel Stran Larsson, who has scored 14 goals, Wolves are below the Red Devils in the league, suggesting that success requires more than a striker can score. Therefore, United need to continue to buy people and let Amorim improve his managerial level.