How Murillo feels about staying at Nottingham Forest with Chelsea and Real Madrid keen

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Murillo is comfortably one of the most important players in the Nottingham Forest squad.

That has been evident just lately with Murillo missing the last three matches and Forest losing two of those games.

Murillo is working to play against either Utrecht or Tottenham this week, and Sean Dyche would relish having him back as part of his squad.

The Brazilian has been courted by clubs ever since he swapped Corinthians for Forest in 2023, and now it would appear that things are no different.

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How Murillo now feels about leaving Nottingham Forest

According to the Daily Mail, Murillo is now open to a departure from Forest, but not until the summer.

It’s claimed that he’s considering his next steps, with Real Madrid and Chelsea seemingly the favourites to sign him.

Evangelos Marinakis will be standing firm though, with any accepted deal for Murillo likely to exceed the £55 million that Forest received for Anthony Elanga from Newcastle.

Murillo has largely been a revelation since signing for Forest, and if he does leave, there will be a big void to fill in the team.

In the short-term, Forest need to get Murillo fit and on the pitch as the team looks to improve at home and on the European front.

Murillo would take some replacing at Forest

Some are suggesting that Jair Cunha can be the long-term Murillo replacement, but as of yet, fans have only seen him make two appearances.

If Murillo does leave, Forest will have a sizeable bounty of cash to play with in order to ensure an adequate replacement is found.

Chelsea or Real Madrid would both provide attractive propositions for Murillo, and the hope in his eyes will be that more huge clubs keep expressing their interest.

Murillo would now be a really big loss to Forest, but ultimately, the fact that he will have remained on Trentside for three years is huge for the Reds, and the challenge is now to get scouting the market for the next Murillo.