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Manchester United ahead Matheus Cunha has pulled out of the Brazil nationwide workforce after struggling an harm within the 3-2 win over Burnley.
Cunha sustains harm
Cunha was named within the beginning XI that beat Burnley to say United’s first win of the 2025/26 season.
Nonetheless, he solely managed 31 minutes earlier than he was compelled to come back off with what seemed to be a hamstring harm. Ruben Amorim changed Cunha with Joshua Zirkzee, who noticed out the remainder of the competition at Previous Trafford.
After the sport, Amorim was requested for an replace on Cunha and insisted that he didn’t know the total extent of the problem.
The United head coach solely identified that United wanted Cunha to be aggressive all through the marketing campaign.
Forward of Brazil’s World Cup qualifiers towards Chile and Bolivia subsequent month, the South American nationwide workforce have confirmed that Cunha has withdrawn from the squad.
Cunha withdraws from Brazil squad
The Brazil nationwide workforce launched a press release on X which learn, “Flamengo’s attacker Samuel Lino was referred to as up this Saturday (30) by coach Carlo Ancelotti for Brazil’s matches towards Chile and Bolivia, within the final two rounds of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.”
“After a dialog between the medical departments of Manchester United and the Nationwide Workforce, attacker Mateus Cunha was launched from the call-up as a result of muscle harm suffered within the match towards Burnley, within the Premier League.”
O atacante Samuel Lino, do Flamengo, foi convocado neste sábado (30) pelo técnico Carlo Ancelotti para os jogos do Brasil contra Chile e Bolívia, nas duas últimas rodadas das Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo de 2026.
Após conversa entre os departamentos médicos do Manchester… pic.twitter.com/AR9QrpU807
— brasil (@CBF_Futebol) August 30, 2025
United supporters now face an anxious wait to study the severity of Cunha’s harm and the way lengthy he can be sidelined.
Hopefully, it’s nothing severe and the 26-year-old returns to motion as quickly as potential.
Cunha has been a breath of recent air since he joined United earlier in the summertime from Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Purple Devils forked out £62.5m to snap him up from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Though he has but to open his goalscoring account, he has come shut on a number of events. His standout high quality has been his distinctive ball-carrying and dribbling, which have persistently helped drive the workforce increased up the pitch.
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