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• Club triggered £34.5m release clause for Osasuna forward

• Liverpool beat Newcastle for fast, versatile 22-year-old

Víctor Muñoz has become Liverpool’s first signing of Andoni Iraola’s reign at the club after triggering a £34.5m release clause in his contract with Osasuna.

Muñoz has signed a “long-term contract” with Liverpool, believed to be for six years, after undergoing a medical on Wednesday in Atlanta, where the 22-year-old is part of the Spain squad at the World Cup.