{"id":340425,"date":"2025-12-10T05:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/340425\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T05:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:36:17","slug":"ben-foster-didnt-hesitate-with-matheus-cunha-prediction-after-what-he-saw-from-man-utd-ace-he-just-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/340425\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Foster didn&#8217;t hesitate with Matheus Cunha prediction after what he saw from Man Utd ace, &#8216;he just looks like&#8230;&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ben Foster couldn\u2019t hide his true feelings on Matheus Cunha after the Manchester United summer signing\u2019s debut season at Old Trafford under Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/matheus-cunha\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matheus Cunha<\/a> was the first major summer signing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ineos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ineos<\/a> made ahead of the 2025-26 Premier League season, with the Red Devils triggering his release clause.<\/p>\n<p>          WHICH Man United forward would be most reliable to score in a one-on-one opportunity?\u26bd\ufe0f\ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">If it was a game winning chance\u2026 who would you want taking it?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250182738-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"Mason Mount, Matheus Cunha and Bruno Fernandes.\" class=\"wp-image-315062\" \/>Photo by Andrew Kearns \u2013 CameraSport via Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils paid a hefty \u00a362.5m fee to fellow Premier League side Wolves back in June and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/matheus-cunha-to-manchester-united-confirmed-as-wolverhampton-wanderers-star-becomes-first-summer-signing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cunha officially became a Manchester United player<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cunha has been a key player for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> in the current campaign and the 26-year-old Brazil international has impressed with his overall attacking input.<\/p>\n<p>The former Wolves ace has netted only once and picked up a single assist in 13 matches across all competitions since his summer move from the Molineux.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/what-happened-to-both-matheus-cunha-and-joshua-zirkzee-after-man-utds-4-1-win-over-wolves-was-simply-perfect\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What happened to both Matheus Cunha and Joshua Zirkzee after Man Utd\u2019s 4-1 win over Wolves was simply perfect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250804230-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim with Matheus Cunha during the Premier League match between Wolves and Manchester United at Molineux in 2025 in Wolverhampton, England.\" class=\"wp-image-315145\" \/>Photo by Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesBen Foster\u2019s reaction to Man Utd summer signing Matheus Cunha spoke volumes<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Cunha returned to the Molineux for the first time since his club exit and the Brazilian forward picked up an assist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-win-4-1-vs-wolves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in Manchester United\u2019s 4-1 win over Wolves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazil ace started in attack alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/bryan-mbeumo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/mason-mount\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Mount<\/a> and Cunha set up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/bruno-fernandes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Fernandes<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-player-ratings-vs-wolves-two-players-get-8-10-as-matheus-cunha-returned-to-molineux\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United\u2019s opener against Wolves on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cunha played the full 90 minutes in the Premier League clash at the Molineux and made an impact for Ruben Amorim\u2019s men in their thumping 4-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p>          Manchester United have made a real improvement after 15 games \u26a1 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">What stands out the most to you?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UIF-Worksheet-for-TP-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315382\" \/>     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/six-biggest-winners-and-one-loser-as-manchester-united-thrash-wolves-4-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking ahead of United\u2019s result against Wolves<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ben-foster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Foster<\/a> waxed lyrical about Cunha\u2019s role at the Red Devils and his performance against West Ham last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCunha is a player, by the way,\u201d he said on his <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/fozcast-the-ben-foster-podcast\/id1708270160?i=1000740253549&amp;r=1545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fozcast<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I went to West Ham the other night. Honestly, he is unreal, by the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just looks like he\u2019s getting even better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-fans-have-lot-to-say-about-kobbie-mainoos-display-in-4-1-win-against-wolves-hoping-amorim-is\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd fans have lot to say about Kobbie Mainoo\u2019s display in 4-1 win against Wolves, \u2018Hoping Amorim is\u2026\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What Ruben Amorim sees in Matheus Cunha\u2019s role in his Man Utd tactical system<\/p>\n<p>Despite not posting the assist and goalscoring numbers of fellow summer signing Bryan Mbeumo, Cunha\u2019s influence has been clear-cut for United on many occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the Wolves match, Amorim admitted that Cunha complements both Mbeumo and Mason Mount in the Red Devils\u2019 attacking line-up in his tactical system.<\/p>\n<p>          Is this ambition or delusion from Ruben Amorim? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Ruben Amorim set Manchester United a spectacular target after beating Wolves 4-1!<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UIF-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315194\" \/>     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I think especially with system v system, if you take [out] some of the reference, then [Matheus] Cunha can help us to do that,\u201d he said, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/ruben-amorim-on-mount-de-ligt-and-afcon-press-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Manchester United\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to avoid the crosses that I think we have more space to [complete] corner runs, all this type of play and the quality that they have when they have a little bit of space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they did really well and they understood the type of game that they should play, with the characteristics that they have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United will now face Premier League side Bournemouth at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old Trafford<\/a> on Monday next week before travelling away to Villa Park to face Aston Villa on 21st December.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Foster couldn\u2019t hide his true feelings on Matheus Cunha after the Manchester United summer signing\u2019s debut season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[48595,22710,1084,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-340425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ben-foster","9":"tag-matheus-cunha","10":"tag-premier-league","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}