Man United agrees deal to sign Brazil forward Matheus Cunha from Wolves

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — ⁠Manchester United agreed a deal to sign Brazil forward Matheus Cunha from Wolverhampton on Sunday as coach Ruben Amorim quickly began a summer rebuild following the club's worst ever Premier League season.

United will pay a reported 62.5 million pounds ($84 million), with Cunha agreeing a five-year contract with the option of a further 12 months.

The deal will be officially completed when he returns from international duty with Brazil.

Wolves confirmed it received a club record fee for Cunha, who scored 33 goals in 92 appearances over 2 1/2 years.

United could do with some of that firepower after a season of struggle in attack, with strikers Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee scoring just 18 goals between them in all competitions.

Cunha managed 17 alone for Wolves last term to help it avoid relegation and secure an eighth straight season in the top flight.

United finished just one place above Wolves in the standings in 15th - its worst position since the Premier League began in 1992.

United also had its most losses in a Premier League season and recorded its lowest points total.

Cunha is the first signing in what is likely to be a summer of comings and goings at Old Trafford as Amorim attempts to turn the club's fortunes around.

The joint record 20-time English champion has gone 12 years without the title since last winning it in former manager Alex Ferguson's final season in 2013.

It will be without European soccer next season after finishing in the bottom half of the table without winning a trophy.

Defeat to Tottenham in the Europa League final last month ended United's last chance of securing a place in the Champions League.

United lost 1-0 despite dominating long periods of the final in a game that underlined its problems in front of goal.

Only relegated trio Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester - as well as Everton - scored fewer than United's 44 goals in the league last season.

Amorim, who has described his United team as possibly the worst team in the club’s history, is expected to bring in number of players in the offseason, but his funds will be limited by the failure to secure Champions League qualification.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers' Matheus Cunha and Brentford's Nathan Collins, right, in action during the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brentford at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England, Sunday May 25, 2025. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.

The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.

“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.

The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”

Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, club, Mar-a-Lago, around 6:20 p.m. for the roughly 10-minute drive to the airport, but took a circular route around the city to get there.

During the drive, police officers on motorcycles created a moving blockade for the motorcade, at one point almost colliding with the vans that accompanied Trump.

Air Force One was parked on the opposite side of the airport from where it is usually located and the lights outside the plane were turned off.

Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for U.S. Secret Service, said the secondary route was taken just as a precaution and that “that is standard protocol.”

President Donald Trump departs Trump International Golf Club in the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)