It happened that I took a look at Muñoz a few days ago, and Pranav’s work here just summarizes what I saw.
He’s probably one of the most direct wingers I’ve seen in a while. Never stops driving at defenders. Like, literally, he doesn’t get bored of doing it.
Will need to watch a lot more, but if I had to describe him, I’d say he’s Garnacho on steroids.
Víctor Muñoz - Ball Carrying Analysis
Looks like a really interesting profile. He is currently the 3rd best carrier in La Liga according to my rating system. Need to watch a few games.
Stands out for Speed of carrying, carries over large distances very quickly. Can play on both wings but looks like he finds it easier to cut inside while on the left wing.
Bayern Munich have been informed that Ayyoub Bouaddi has rejected the club’s advances despite weeks of talks involving Vincent Kompany, Max Eberl and the player’s representatives, with Bayern prepared to invest up to €60 million (£52 million) in the Lille wonderkid, only for the player to ultimately conclude that neither Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga nor the tactical project presented by Vincent Kompany represented a sufficiently attractive proposition for the next stage of his career.
The Moroccan wonderkid’s dream has long been the Premier League and, significantly, I can now exclusively reveal, as the first journalist worldwide, that Bayern Munich have been informed Bouaddi already has a personal agreement in place with an English club, a development communicated directly to Bayern by the player’s representatives, with officials increasingly convinced that the destination is either Liverpool FC, the crown jewel of English football, or Arsenal FC, the North London set-piece dependency project. Bayern were aware for months that both clubs were leading contenders for his signature and still chose to explore whether they could change the player’s mind. However, there is now a strong belief inside the industry that if Liverpool ultimately decide to make a decisive move, Bouaddi would choose Anfield, those mystical red-brick walls and one of football’s most magnetic institutions, over Arsenal, with the player understood to be significantly more captivated by Liverpool’s footballing vision than by a club whose recent rise has become almost inseparable from set-pieces, long throws and dead-ball routines.
The expectation inside Bayern Munich is that the situation will accelerate rapidly after the World Cup, potentially even during the tournament itself, and unless there is a dramatic late twist, Liverpool and Arsenal supporters should watch this story closely, as the final chapter may arrive far sooner than many expect.
@Watch_LFC Even better if we get him around the same price as Sunderland’s £20 mil buy option. A lot of work needed elsewhere. Very solid addition to the squad
Bayern Munich, through head of sport Max Eberl and head coach Vincent Kompany, did indeed establish contact with Rio Ngumoha and his representatives in recent weeks in an attempt to position Bayern Munich as a potential destination for one of English football’s most highly regarded young talents, with those approaches arriving during a period in which the player was frustrated by his limited opportunities under former Liverpool head coach Arne Slot and uncertain whether his pathway to first-team football would immediately accelerate, leading Bayern to receive indications that he could hypothetically be open to a short-term alternative pathway in order to accelerate his development and accumulate valuable senior minutes at a smaller club and in a less demanding league, before eventually returning to Liverpool, the iconic and most decorated institution in English football on Merseyside that he has always regarded as his dream club, as a more complete, experienced and established player.
However, as discussions intensified, Bayern’s representatives made their financial position clear by indicating a valuation in the region of £35 million (€40 million), a figure viewed as so far removed from Liverpool’s internal assessment that serious negotiations never truly materialised, with Liverpool having absolutely no intention of entertaining the sale of one of their most prized academy talents, while those involved increasingly recognised the vast gulf between Bayern’s proposal and Liverpool’s expectations, further reinforced by Ngumoha’s insistence that any hypothetical departure would require mechanisms facilitating a future return to Anfield following his development elsewhere, meaning no personal agreement was ever reached between Bayern Munich and the player as several fundamental conditions surrounding any potential move never aligned, ultimately underlining where his heart remained throughout the process and where he continues to envision his long-term future.
The entire situation furthermore shifted dramatically the moment Arne Slot departed and Andoni Iraola arrived at Liverpool, effectively removing the very foundations upon which Bayern’s hopes had been built as Ngumoha’s outlook changed almost immediately, with the player now believing he has a genuine opportunity to establish himself under the new manager and determined to fight for his place rather than abandon his ambitions at the club he considers his footballing home, leaving Bayern increasingly aware that their chances had diminished significantly and that important discussions between the player and his new head coach would soon take place, a development which in turn ensured that discussions never advanced towards any form of personal agreement, as the player’s focus became centred almost exclusively on earning his opportunity at Liverpool rather than pursuing a move elsewhere.
For Bayern Munich, the outcome of the situation serves as yet another reminder of where the club increasingly finds itself within football’s modern hierarchy, because while Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona and the financial superpowers of the Premier League continue to compete for the sport’s most coveted talents, Bayern are finding themselves pushed further down the food chain and increasingly forced to operate in markets where competition is less fierce and rejection less likely, and with industry figures viewing as unrealistic any scenario involving Liverpool actively pushing Ngumoha out after the arrivals of targets such as Yan Diomande or Bradley Barcola, another target appears destined to join Bayern’s ever-growing collection of missed opportunities, a collection now so extensive that if one were to stack all the rejection letters accumulated over recent transfer windows they would likely form a wall high enough to block out the sun over Munich and cast a permanent shadow across Säbener Straße.
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Wharton fits Iraola like a glove. Iraola wants to get the ball to his forwards as quickly as possible and Wharton is PL's best at quick forward passes. The bravado he has is incredible, he always tries to find the least expected/most dangerous pass, and he often finds it v quick.
Thank you Anfield for this incredible first year. Thank you for the love and support throughout the season, just like you’re still showing me today… I can’t wait to be back among y’all
A special and heartfelt thought for my partner the legend himself @MohamedSalah Thank you for the all good advices, you are the example to follow here.
Wishing the best to my guy Andrew Robertson, your character will be missed ❤️…