are set to signal for £34.5m after triggering the discharge clause for the winger.
The will turn out to be ’s first signing and the beginning of Liverpool’s revamp of the
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Liverpool’s shock transfer for the 22-year-old got here when Newcastle had made the primary transfer to purchase him and, as with final summer time’s switch of , the Merseyside membership took one in every of United’s switch targets.
However Munoz had additionally attracted curiosity from , , and .
in his fellow Spaniard, making it clear he needed to signal a participant he is aware of effectively 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.
He can function on the correct 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.
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Munoz will even be an choice at centre-forward, the place Ekitike is about to overlook the beginning of the season with an Achilles damage.
He’s prone to turn out to be the primary of two ahead arrivals this summer time, with Liverpool additionally curious about , although additionally conscious a deal could be tough as a result of are demanding an enormous payment and since Champions League winners are additionally . , who has attracted curiosity from , may go away.
Liverpool stay eager on Yan Diomande (AP)
Munoz is about to signal a six-year deal after passing a medical in america, , and his payment can be paid in two instalments.
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Munoz was at Actual Madrid earlier than becoming a member of Osasuna however was reluctant to return to the Bernabeu this summer time amid considerations 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 choice. Barcelona as an alternative signed from Newcastle, who had hoped to interchange him with Munoz.