🎯 De Bruyne’s heir? Premier League star smashes in screamers from distance | OneFootball

Kevin de Bruyne is actually considered the king of long-range shooters. In his ten years at Manchester City, the Belgian hammered an incredible 30 balls from outside the penalty area into the nets of Premier League clubs. Across all competitions, it was even 42!

However, last summer the superstar transferred to SSC Napoli, seemingly leaving a long-shot vacuum in the best league in the world.

At least, that’s what people thought. Because now, Matheus Cunha is stepping up to follow in De Bruyne’s legendary footsteps. In Manchester United’s 4-2 victory over Brighton on Saturday, the new signing scored a truly spectacular goal to make it 1-0 – of course, from outside the box. 

Since the start of last season, it was already the seventh long-range goal for the former Hertha player. No other Premier League player comes close!

The nearly 75 million euros that United paid Wolverhampton this summer seem to have been well worth it...

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