Murillo
23-Year-Old
Nottingham Forest
Premier
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Combining Murillo with Nikola Milenkovic, Nottingham Forest's central defense was a key part to their 2024/25 season. Murillo steadily improved in his second Premier League season and started all but two matches, playing through numerous minor ailments. He reached almost seven clearances per game to go with 11 clean sheets. He's less of a threat on sets than Milenkovic, which means he's unlikely to improve much on his two goals and zero assists, though there's no reason all of his numbers can't look fairly similar in the 2025/26 campaign.
Bench option
Murillo (thigh) is on the bench for Sunday's match against Newcastle.
ANALYSIS
Murillo was a late call for Sunday, but appears to have passed his testing to be an option Sunday, facing Newcastle from the bench. This is positive news, as they do gain back a regular defender. He will look to start the next contest, as he started in all five of his appearances this season before his injury.
Murillo was a late call for Sunday, but appears to have passed his testing to be an option Sunday, facing Newcastle from the bench. This is positive news, as they do gain back a regular defender. He will look to start the next contest, as he started in all five of his appearances this season before his injury.
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Late call for Sunday
Murillo (thigh) will be a late call for Sunday's game against Newcastle United, manager Ange Postecoglou told media Friday. "We'll see. It was a different knock last night. He only had 20 minutes against Arsenal and similar last night, so it was disappointing to lose him. He actually trained this morning and he looked okay, so I'm not really sure. We'll wait and see."
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Injured Thursday
Murillo was brought off with an apparent injury during the first half of Thursday's clash with Midtyjlland, a likely recurrence of his prior injury.
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Trains Wednesday
Murillo (thigh) trained Wednesday and is an option for Thursday's match against Midtjylland, according to manager Ange Postecoglou, per Sarah Clapson of the Nottingham Post. "Murillo should be good. He has trained the last three days, which is the first time he's had a solid block of training. He's available."
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Recovering slowly
Murillo (thigh) is recovering slower than originally expected, according to manager Ange Postecoglou."Murillo is still kind of not where we want him to be. He is still not totally comfortable. He is still doing his individual training, and we hoped it would progress a little quicker. Obviously it was a pretty severe knock on his thigh, and the understanding was the healing process has been slower than what we thought. He just doesn't feel comfortable, so we have to be patient with him."
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Remains out
Murillo (undisclosed) is out for Wednesday's trip to Real Betis, according to manager Ange Postecoglou."The only one that misses out is Murillo again. He trained on Monday but he's still not comfortable so I've left him back home to do some work."
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Top clubs showing interest
Arsenal and Barcelona are believed to be interested in signing Murillo, according to Caught Offside.
ANALYSIS
Murillo turned heads with his play in the 2024/25 Premier League season and could've left Nottingham due to several teams keen on him. However, neither Barcelona nor Arsenal submitted bids for him. Expect Los Blaugranas to remain interested, but Arsenal aren't likely to follow up after signing Cristhian Mosquera and Piero Hincapie this summer.
Murillo turned heads with his play in the 2024/25 Premier League season and could've left Nottingham due to several teams keen on him. However, neither Barcelona nor Arsenal submitted bids for him. Expect Los Blaugranas to remain interested, but Arsenal aren't likely to follow up after signing Cristhian Mosquera and Piero Hincapie this summer.