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Matheus Cunha is one star linked to Liverpool but the Wolves forward may have just blown his chances of playing at Anfield next season.
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Arne Slot praised Cunha ahead of Liverpool’s clash with Wolves last month, which hinted that the Dutch coach is a fan of the Brazilian star.
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The Brazilian is having an exceptional season at Wolves but despite this, clubs such as Liverpool may be turned off moving for the player after some of his behaviour this season.
Cunha was sent off at the weekend against Bournemouth in an FA Cup match after the Wolves star headbutted Milos Kerkez, behaviour Reds reporter David Lynch believes may have destroyed a switch to Anfield this summer.
“If they were considering it, I think that would have maybe kiboshed any chances of getting a move to Liverpool, because they are so big on character and mentality in the players that they sign,” Lynch said.
“To do that in the same season that you’ve kind of nicked someone’s glasses off their face in a post-match melee, it doesn’t look great does it?
Maybe it will make other clubs think twice, albeit, you know, he’s got a £60m release clause and he’s absolutely brilliant, so maybe it takes a risk but it’s not the kind of risk that Liverpool tend to take.”
This is not the first time Cunha has acted out this season, which is why Liverpool will certainly stay clear of the Brazilian ahead of the 2025/26 campaign.
Back in December, Cunha was handed a two-game ban and fined £80,000 following an incident after the full-time whistle in a match against Ipswich Town.
The Brazilian star was involved in an altercation with a member of the Ipswich staff, in which the 25-year-old seemingly swiped at his face, pulling off his glasses.
Liverpool are known to do background checks on every player that they are interested in signing as the Merseyside club want to pick out behavioural patterns such as this.
This latest incident from Cunha will certainly have blown any chance of the Brazilian securing a move to Anfield this summer and it could potentially turn others off of the 25-year-old.