{"id":505469,"date":"2026-06-18T04:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505469\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T04:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:38:08","slug":"liverpool-set-to-beat-newcastle-united-to-signing-of-victor-munoz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505469\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool set to beat Newcastle United to signing of Victor Munoz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Newcastle have made Munoz their number one target to replace Anthony Gordon and have spent much of the last fortnight negotiating with Osasuna.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, while Munoz\u2019s contract at the La Liga club contains a \u20ac40m release clause, Newcastle officials had been negotiating over the terms of a possible deal and the precise details of a potential financial agreement.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It had looked as though talks were progressing, but with Munoz part of the Spain squad at the World Cup, the Magpies were unable to broker a final agreement for the 22-year-old.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  That left them vulnerable to competition from rival suitors, and in the last 24 hours, Liverpool have made their own move for Munoz.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Anfield club are understood to have tabled a \u20ac40m bid that triggers Munoz\u2019s release clause and have been given formal permission to speak to the winger\u2019s representatives.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/sport\/26204445.arsenal-tottenham-battling-newcastles-sandro-tonali\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Arsenal edge over Tottenham that is key to battle for Newcastle&#8217;s Sandro Tonali<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/sport\/26197360.newcastle-target-james-trafford-admits-might-leave-man-city\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Key Newcastle transfer target sends positive message about potential move to Tyneside<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Liverpool officials are understood to have reached a swift agreement with Munoz and his negotiating team which is set to see the Spain international head to Anfield rather than St James\u2019 Park.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The expectation is that Liverpool will now tie up a deal in the next few days, with Munoz poised to sign a six-year deal at Anfield.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Real Madrid\u2019s retention of a proportion of Munoz\u2019s economic rights is not expected to present a problem to the transfer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Munoz\u2019s anticipated move to Anfield is a major blow to Newcastle, who had focused a lot of time and attention on trying to secure a deal for the winger.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Newcastle have already missed out on one wide-attacking target this summer, with Zadok Yohanna having joined Brighton despite Newcastle officials having discussed his position with Swedish side AIK Stockholm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle have made Munoz their number one target to replace Anthony Gordon and have spent much of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-505469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}