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title: "Virals: Liverpool make ‘proposal’ for Brazil ace Matheus Cunha"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/virals-liverpool-make-official-proposal-for-atletico-madrid-ace-matheus/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2022-01-28T17:00:00Z"
modified: "2022-01-28T17:09:45Z"
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# Virals: Liverpool make ‘proposal’ for Brazil ace Matheus Cunha

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2022/01/28/virals-liverpool-to-consider-offers-for-divock-origi-and-takumi-minamino/) have reportedly made an ‘official proposal’ for Atletico Madrid forward Matheus Cunha.

The Reds are [believed to be keen](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/transfer-news/liverpool-transfer-bundesliga-roberto-firmino-21127777) on the 22-year-old and could act on their interest in the foreseeable future.

Signed from Hertha Berlin in 2021 for €25millon ([ESPN](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/4461175/atletico-madrid-sign-matheus-cunha-from-hertha-berlin)), Cunha has [started only three times](https://www.sofascore.com/player/matheus-cunha/886363) in La Liga this season.

According to a report from Spanish outlet [AS](https://as.com/futbol/2022/01/28/primera/1643371073_076347.html), as cited by [Sport Witness](https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/1487044539588169736) on Twitter, Liverpool could make their move for the Brazilian.

> Matheus Cunha | Liverpool make ‘official proposal’ for Brazilian – ‘Tempted the player’, Klopp willing to ‘make effort’ [https://t.co/dAxH8P0wpT](https://t.co/dAxH8P0wpT) [#lfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Sport Witness (@Sport\_Witness) [January 28, 2022](https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/1487044539588169736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The report claims that the Anfield club has a ‘strong interest’ in the [four-cap](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matheus-cunha/nationalmannschaft/spieler/517894/verein_id/3439) ace and are ‘willing to make an effort’ to make the deal happen.

Cunha – described as [‘unpredictable’](https://firsttimefinish.co.uk/2020/11/22/inside-story-cunha-brazil-berlin/) by Maurizio Jaccobacci – has [scored five times and provided three assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matheus-cunha/leistungsdaten/spieler/517894) in 24 appearances across all competitions.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Valued at £27million and under contract at Wanda Metropolitano until 2026 ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matheus-cunha/marktwertverlauf/spieler/517894)), signing the Brazilian would be an expensive venture.

However, with the [long-term future](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10409733/Roberto-Firmino-offered-Barcelona-16-5m-summer.html) of Robert Firmino on Merseyside in doubt, Cunha has to be considered as the ideal successor.

Predominantly [operating centrally](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matheus-cunha/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/517894) in a front three, the former RB Leipzig man has all the makings of a Jurgen Klopp striker.

Whilst it’s unlikely the move unfolds in the [final days of the window](https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/12526620/january-transfer-window-deadline-day-key-times-and-how-to-follow-with-sky-sports) – although the same was said regarding Luis Diaz – this could be an interesting one to watch in the summer.