Our new signing, who completed his move from the fellow Premier League outfit on Thursday, was on the Old Trafford radar as far back as 2017 after impressing for Brazilian club Coritiba against United at the annual Dallas Cup youth tournament.
Cunha was a budding 17-year-old at the time and, now 26, still retains vivid memories of facing the Reds in the United States – and what happened after the group-stage game, which finished 1-1.
“I have the photo [of playing against United],” Matheus said, when we surprised him with archive footage of the match upon his recent arrival at Old Trafford.