Wolves' record purchase - Mateus Cunha!

Wolverhampton should soon make official the first winter signing and probably the most expensive acquisition in the club's history. As reported by the media across Europe, the Premier League member has reached an agreement with Atlético Madrid regarding the purchase of Brazilian Mateus Cunha. And not only that - the negotiations regarding personal conditions have also come to an end, so it is a question of when the deal will be concluded.

Apparently, it is a loan until the end of the season with a mandatory purchase that will be set at a figure between 45 and 50 million euros!

Bearing in mind how Cunha played during these one and a half years in Madrid, we can state without reservation that it is an extraordinary job of the Spanish club. The Brazilian spent only 510 minutes on the pitch this season and scored two goals. Since arriving in La Liga, he has made 54 appearances and netted just seven times.

Truth be told, the guy is only 23 years old, but much more was expected from a player paid 30,000,000 euros in the summer of 2021.

Cunha's first club in Europe was the Swiss Sion. RB Leipzig bought him as an 18-year-old for 15,000,000, then sold him to Hertha for 18,000,000. If we assume that the speculations about the amount of the buyout are correct and Wolves pay him about fifty million, over 100,000,000 euros will be spent on the transfers of this Brazilian until his 23rd year?!

Wolverhampton's most expensive purchase so far was Portuguese Mateus Nunes from Lisbon Sporting - 45,000,000 euros.

Mateus Cunha most often plays as a central striker, but he also does well as a winger. A reminder, the Wolves bought a striker six months ago - Saša Kalajdžić from Stuttgart - but he was heavily injured not long after signing. Diego Costa was brought in as a temporary solution, but obviously the former Spanish representative has not satisfied, so the club's management decided to dig deep into the cash register once more.