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Wolves supervisor Vitor Pereira says Matheus Cunha has by no means requested for a transfer and won’t be offered this month amid experiences linking his prime scorer with Arsenal and Nottingham Forest.
Ahead Cunha, who has 10 targets and 4 assists in 21 Premier League appearances this season, was criticised by Pereira for his physique language after his facet’s 3-1 defeat at Chelsea on Monday, whereas Sky Sports activities has been among the many retailers to assert the Brazil worldwide is needed by the Gunners and Forest, including that the 25-year-old has 4 top-flight suitors.
“We had a dialog,” mentioned Pereira, whose facet host Arsenal on Saturday (3pm GMT). “He’s prepared for the sport, very dedicated with us and able to assist the crew.
“He by no means requested me [if he could] depart the membership. He needs to be with us to attempt to win the sport. He’s my participant; I believe he’s not on the market, that is the knowledge from the membership.”
Matheus Cunha stats
Cunha first joined Wolves on mortgage from Atletico Madrid in December 2022 and value £44 million below their obligation to purchase him on the finish of the 2022/23 season.
The previous Hertha Berlin and Leipzig hotshot supplied 14 targets and eight assists in 36 appearances in his first full marketing campaign and has continued his prolific kind this season, together with two targets and an help in Pereira’s first two video games in cost following his appointment on December 19.
These video games resulted in victories in opposition to Leicester Metropolis and Manchester United, however Wolves have taken one level from 4 matches since, hindered by an harm and one-game suspension for Cunha.
Forest, Arsenal linked with Cunha
Forest are mentioned to be making ready a bid greater than the club-record £35m they paid Newcastle for midfielder Elliot Anderson in July, whereas Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta mentioned on Friday that he’s actively pursuing attacking targets.
“He is aware of what I need from him as a captain,” Pereira mentioned of Cunha, who’s out of contract in 2027, describing preserving him on the membership as “crucial”. “What we’d like from him is that he performs at his excessive stage and is dedicated to the crew.”
Wolves are above third-bottom Ipswich City on aim distinction and 4 factors behind fifth-bottom Everton forward of their journey to Emirates Stadium.
Second-placed Arsenal are 28 factors above Wanderers and 6 shy of leaders Liverpool, who’ve a sport in hand and an eight-goal superiority.
Wolves have scored two targets throughout defeats within the final seven editions of the fixture, final profitable once they did a double over Arsenal in 2020/21.
