Matheus Cunha remains of interest to Manchester United and Arsenal. (Image: Getty.)
talisman Matheus Cunha has been informed by his boss Vitor Pereira that he is walking on thin ice after being disappointed with his body language against .
snapped their winless run , with Cunha playing the entire 90 minutes.
It was a disappointing evening for the Brazilian forward, who had scored a hat-trick on his last visit to the Blues, but had been kept quiet by Trevoh Chalobah and Tosin Adarabioyo.
And his body language was publicly noted by Pereira, who fumed after the match and said: “He’s a captain, he can be frustrated as he wants to win but everyone in the dressing room wants to win. I do not like his body language.
“I understand it now, I will not understand it next time.”
He was accused of heading straight down the tunnel at full-time, only for the player to directly respond to a journalist on X (formerly known as Twitter).
“Liar,” he wrote back. “I went to applaud them (away fans), congratulated the referees and the opposing players. Then I went to the tunnel. Don’t ever come and ask me to give you an interview again.”
Vitor Pereira made his frustrations public with Matheus Cunha. (Image: Getty)
According to various reports, Cunha at Molineux, putting to bed rumours of leaving the club for or .
Both clubs are on the lookout for attacking reinforcements, following injury to and , with Cunha’s success in the thought to have made him an ideal target.
The 25-year-old’s proposed contract extension was designed to quell interest from teams with title and European ambitions, but a significant stumbling block has now arisen following Pereira’s critical comments.
The head coach did admit that Cunha had been distracted by transfer talk, though his immediate future is with Wolves.
liar. I went to applaud them, congratulated the referees and the opposing players. Then I went to the tunnel. Don’t ever come and ask me to give you an interview again.
— Matheus Cunha (@mathcunha20)
“He is committed to Wolves,” Pereira said. “But in your life when you start to listen that other clubs (are interested), he’s human and it’s normal in football.
“He needs to put his mind on the target, to increase his level because he’s come from injury and it’s normal he’s not at the same level now. To help the team again with his quality, because he has a lot of quality.
“The team needs him with good energy, not with frustration. He must slow down and put his mind in the right place.”
Even though Pereira was confident that Cunha would remain at Molineux, his frustrated comments will be music to the ears of his admirers who undoubtedly will have a close eye on any developments.