Wolves sign Matheus Cunha on loan from Atletico Madrid

Wolverhampton Wanderers have signed Brazil ahead Matheus Cunha on loan from LaLiga facet Atletico Madrid, each golf equipment stated on Sunday.

Cunha will be part of Wolves from Jan. 1 on a deal which may turn into a everlasting transfer till 2027 if sure clauses are triggered, Wolves said.

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“We’ve found one more gift under the tree,” the Premier League facet wrote on Twitter, asserting the 23-year outdated as Julen Lopetegui’s first signing as Wolves head coach.

We’ve discovered another reward below the tree.

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— Wolves (@Wolves) December 25, 2022

Cunha joined Atletico in August 2021 and scored six targets in 40 appearances in LaLiga. He was used primarily instead.

Prior to that he performed in Germany’s Bundesliga, the place he was with RB Leipzig from 2018 to 2020, adopted by one season at Hertha Berlin.

Cunha made his Brazil debut in September 2021, in a 1-0 World Cup qualifier in opposition to Chile. A month earlier, he received gold with Brazil under-23 facet on the Tokyo Olympics.