{"id":16576,"date":"2025-12-02T08:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=665854"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:00:18","slug":"matheus-cunha-returns-to-training-ahead-of-key-manchester-united-fixtures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/matheus-cunha-returns-to-training-ahead-of-key-manchester-united-fixtures\/","title":{"rendered":"Matheus Cunha returns to training ahead of key Manchester United fixtures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have received a major boost as forward Matheus Cunha has officially returned to training after recovering from a recent injury setback. The Brazilian, who missed United\u2019s previous two matches against Everton and Crystal Palace, was spotted back on the pitch at Carrington, signalling his readiness for the upcoming fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Cunha\u2019s return comes at a crucial moment for Ruben Amorim\u2019s side, who have struggled for consistency in their attacking play in recent weeks. The Reds managed to secure a narrow win over Everton but lacked sharpness in the final third, while their clash with Crystal Palace highlighted the need for more creativity and clinical finishing. Cunha\u2019s comeback is expected to significantly strengthen United\u2019s forward options as they push to regain momentum in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Before his injury, Cunha had shown flashes of his dynamic playing style, combining pace, dribbling ability, and intelligent movement, attributes that United have missed during his absence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have received a major boost as forward Matheus Cunha has officially returned to training after recovering from a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4181,3974,3686,3918,1823,3796,249,2442,3793,603],"class_list":["post-16576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-amorim","tag-cunha","tag-david-ornstein","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-manchester-united","tag-matheus-cunha","tag-ruben-amorim","tag-training"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}