Scholes warns MU over Cunha move as he reveals why £62.5m swoop 'worries him'

Paul Scholes has warned Manchester United against signing Matheus Cunha and revealed two reasons why he believes the move would not work out.

Mail Sport reported this week that United are close to agreeing terms with Cunha before activating his £62.5million release clause at Wolves.

The forward has scored 15 goals in 29 Premier League games this season and attracted interest from the likes of Newcastle, Arsenal and Tottenham.

But United look to have stolen a march on their competition and are hopeful of having terms in place by next month while they still have financial headroom.

Scholes, however, says Cunha would be wise to choose another destination.

Explaining why he 'worries' for the 25-year-old in his TNT Sports column, Scholes said: 'He looks like he's got the attributes that Ruben Amorim wants.

'He knows that physically, his team are just not strong or quick enough, so Matheus Cunha is obviously athletic, and he's got quality with 15 league goals this season.

'I just worry for any signing coming to Manchester United at the minute. It just feels like it's such a bad place to go. The quality of play right now is so poor.

'Is he a centre forward or is he a wide player? There's no doubt that he has quality and of course, it would be nice to sign him, but I worry about where he fits in.

'You can sign the best three players in the world, and I think they'll struggle coming into this team at the minute, but they've got to start somewhere.'

United boss Ruben Amorim has made no secret of his admiration for Cunha.

He was spotted in conversation with him after United lost 2-0 at Molineux in December and again in the tunnel in the reverse fixture at Old Trafford this month.

Amorim insisted 'every player' wants to play for United but refused to comment directly on United's blossoming interest in Cunha.

'What I feel is that there's a lot of players that want to play for our club,' Amorim said.

'I know that if you look at our club in the moment – with all the problems with the staff, people going, changing coach, the results – it looks like a little bit of a problem.

'But we have a clear idea. That is the easiest part to explain to a player. And then it's Manchester United. Everybody wants to play for Manchester United.'

Asked if one of those players will be Cunha, he added: 'I will not say anything about Matheus, because if I say one time I will have to say for any situation that is yes or no.

'I will not comment on that. It's hard to predict what is going to happen in the future.'