He is one of La Liga’s sensations this season. For his first exercise at the highest level, at the age of 21, Víctor Muñoz managed to distinguish himself. It was time for the player forced to leave Real Madrid to finally find some playing time. With his 5 goals and 2 assists and above all great consistency on the pitch, the winger made the right choice by joining Osasuna for €5 million last summer, to the point of being called up by Luis de la Fuente with the Spain team. He even scored in March against Serbia. Casa Blanca did not bet on him but it had spotted his talent. She slipped a clause into her transfer that she has made a specialty of. The capital club still holds 50% of the player’s rights over 3 years and can buy him back for only €8 million.
Suffice to say that the Madrilenians will not hesitate to activate this clause with the sole aim of selling it for more money behind, especially if this could prevent Barça from offering it. Sunderland are also in the running and are considering making an offer of €25 million, well below their €40 million release clause. “We won’t even listen to offers. We remain inflexible on the clause» explained Braulio Vázquez, the sports director of Osasuna, in Marca. He admits in passing that he remains at the mercy of the Merengues. “Real Madrid have a three-year buyout clause which has already been negotiated. For now, we’re enjoying Víctor until the end of the season. Football is very unpredictable. Many criticized us for recruiting such a young player, with so little playing time in La Liga. Now we’re being asked why we didn’t buy it outright. It’s complicated. We happily accepted the conditions proposed by Real Madrid. Víctor Muñoz made the right choice, and so did we.»Osasuna takes advantage of him because the future looks uncertain.
