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Victor Munoz can be $46M 'revelation' for Liverpool and one word sums him up best

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That's the first thing you'll see, and his pace really does jump out at you."Within that pace, he has good feet, and fairly strong technique, but his defining trait is that he wants to stretch defenses to breaking point. He sort of looks like he's bursting out of his own body when he gets going.Victor Munoz before the Spain vs Iraq international friendly.(Image: Bruno Penas/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)"Bellamy, of course, is more of a forward, though, whereas Munoz primarily does his damage wider."Of course, Liverpool were linked with Anthony Gordon before this, and statistically, the two actually compare quite closely.



Under Andoni Iraola, however, he will get the chance to show that he can provide his best traits more consistently.Above all, he is fast, but with that, he needs to ensure there is regular output in the final third."Last season, Munoz was one of the revelations in La Liga," Barlow explains. Munoz is direct."He has been used across the final third for Osasuna too, so he's considered smart enough to take on positional nuances.

His crossing and shooting are good if not great, but if there's one thing I really like about him, it's his awareness of defenders."If he receives the ball with his back to goal, or if he gets it wide, he's conscious about checking where the defender is, and where their weight is going. One of the reasons Vinicius Junior, Jeremy Doku or Lamine Yamal are so good is that they can go at defenders for 90 minutes, and Munoz isn't quite able to do that just yet."I think with Munoz, you would have liked to see him for another season, but given the arms race at Europe's top clubs, it's no surprise he's gone now."For me, it's certainly worth the risks, and the fact that Iraola will be in charge of him makes you even more comfortable with them.