Matheus was introduced together with his new jersey after the group coaching session at Carrington on Tuesday.
The Brazilian reacted with satisfaction and deference to those that have come earlier than him, name-checking a few of United’s most celebrated forwards of latest years.
“Yeah, wow. It is one thing that you simply all the time dream about,” he advised us.
“I can point out many gamers that use this shirt. It is really easy for me.
“After all, I feel the one which I all the time take into consideration once I see this quantity on this shirt for me was Wayne Rooney. He was somebody that I grew as much as watch him play and I’ve [watched] many video games now.
“Then I swapped shirts with Marcus [Rashford, after a game] additionally, I’ve his shirt in my residence. However, after all, we all know many gamers used this shirt – [Ruud] van Nistelrooy, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic.
“It is the dream not solely to make use of the shirt, however with all of the historical past they’ve across the quantity, it is one thing stunning that I’ve the privilege to do it.”