Liverpool injury news: New Reds signing suffers major World Cup fitness blow

Liverpool attacker Victor Munoz has suffered a worrying wounded setback whilst astatine the World Cup with Spain.

La Roja - 1 of the pre-tournament favourites for occurrence crossed the United States, Canada and Mexico - dropped points astatine the hands of Cape Verde during the archetypal circular of group-stage fixtures astatine the competition.

With Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal some not acceptable capable to start, Luis de la Fuente's broadside struggled to interruption down a stubborn Cape Verde defence, who were playing their first-ever World Cup fixture.

Focusing connected the club scene for a moment, Munoz completed a £34m determination from La Liga broadside Osasuna to Anfield connected Thursday (June 18), signing a bumper five-year woody with the Premier League giants.

After progressing done the younker ranks astatine Real Madrid, the attacker enjoyed a breakthrough elder run astatine Osasuna successful 2025-26, scoring six goals and providing 2 assists crossed 34 top-flight appearances.

Liverpool attacker Munoz suffers wounded setback

Making his Spain elder debut earlier this year, Munoz is astatine the opening of his planetary vocation and has struggled with a muscular wounded successful the build-up to the World Cup, limiting his grooming and lucifer minutes.

After being an unused substitute for the stalemate with Cape Verde past clip out, the 22-year-old has suffered different fittingness setback, arsenic confirmed by a connection from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) aesculapian team. 

Addressing Munoz's injury, RFEF said: "During the planned and individualized betterment process, an further musculus wounded has occurred that volition hold his instrumentality to competition. His availability for the upcoming matches volition beryllium connected the improvement of his symptoms."

According to Spanish outlet Cadena SER, the Liverpool guardant is afloat expected to miss the remaining radical signifier matches of Spain against Saudi Arabia connected Sunday and Uruguay connected June 27.

The study besides claims that Munoz's engagement successful the knockout stages is successful superior uncertainty aft the attacker aggravated his muscular problem, meaning that helium could beryllium sent location from the tournament.

Munoz's mixed summer

Finding the nett during his Spain debut successful a affable against Serbia successful March, Munoz enjoyed the imagination commencement to his planetary career, however, the attacker's fortunes person taken a crook for the worse since then.

The 22-year-old failed to diagnostic successful immoderate of La Roja's summertime warm-up matches for the World Cup due to the fact that of a muscular injury, with the youngster present sidelined for the remainder of his nation's group-stage campaign.

Munoz was snapped up by Liverpool pursuing beardown involvement from Manchester United and Newcastle United this year, adding to a mixed summertime successful which the player's World Cup dreams are fading.