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Matheus Cunha is the movie star who can give Manchester United blockbuster billing again.
Red Devils fans will be getting the popcorn ready after their new £62.5million leading man was unveiled on Thursday.
The brilliant Brazilian heads to Manchester under huge pressure to deliver, as boss Ruben Amorim's first major buy, on the back of the 20-time champions' worst season for half a century.
Many new arrivals have buckled under the burden at Old Trafford.
Yet already some are drawing comparisons with Eric Cantona's arrival from Leeds in 1992.
It is easy to see why, as both combine off-the-cuff genius with an on-the-edge attitude that is rarely anything but box office.
Frenchman Cantona was the driving force as United ended a 26-year title drought in the Premier League's debut season — sparking an era of unrivalled success writes PHIL THOMAS.
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