have signed for £34.5m after triggering the discharge clause for the winger.
The worldwide goes to develop into ’s first signing, offering he will get a piece allow and worldwide clearance, as Liverpool start after ’s departure.
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Liverpool’s shock transfer for Munoz got here when had made the primary transfer to purchase him and, as with final summer time’s switch of , the Merseyside membership took one of many Magpies’s switch targets.
Victor Munoz has develop into the primary Liverpool signing of the Andoni Iraola period (Getty)
However the 22-year-old had additionally attracted curiosity from , , and .
New head coach Iraola accelerated Liverpool’s curiosity in his fellow Spaniard, making it clear he wished to signal a participant he is aware of properly from La Liga.
Liverpool see Munoz, who scored seven targets for Osasuna final season, as a flexible ahead who can fill in throughout the ahead line.
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He can function on the appropriate wing, the function Salah occupied for a lot of the final 9 years, or the left, the place they didn’t purchase to interchange the bought final summer time, and they’re assured the Spaniard’s versatility means it is not going to have an effect on ’s taking part in time.
Munoz can even be an possibility at centre-forward, the place Ekitike is ready to overlook the beginning of the season with an achilles damage.
He’s more likely to develop into the primary of two ahead arrivals this summer time, with Liverpool additionally concerned with , although additionally conscious a deal can be troublesome as a result of are demanding an enormous price and since Champions League winners are additionally . , who has attracted curiosity from , may depart.
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Munoz is ready to signal a six-year deal after passing a medical in Tennessee, the place he’s within the squad for the , and his price will likely be paid in two instalments.
Munoz impressed for Osasuna in current instances (Getty)
Munoz was at Actual Madrid earlier than becoming a member of Osasuna however was reluctant to return to the Bernabeu this summer time amid issues he wouldn’t get sufficient first-team soccer.
In the meantime, and whereas he was additionally at La Masia when he was youthful, a return to Barcelona wouldn’t have been countenanced by Actual, who had a matching-rights possibility. Barcelona as an alternative signed from Newcastle, who had hoped to interchange him with Munoz.