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.
Ramping up fitness
Murillo was involved in training over the international break, according to Peter Smith of the Nottingham Post.
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Murillo returned to the team sheet ahead of the break when he went unused from the bench against Newcastle. However, he is ramping up his fitness levels ahead of their return to action and appears to be in a decent spot, having trained with his teammates. He will then hope to see the start against Chelsea on Saturday, starting in four of his five appearances this season.
Murillo returned to the team sheet ahead of the break when he went unused from the bench against Newcastle. However, he is ramping up his fitness levels ahead of their return to action and appears to be in a decent spot, having trained with his teammates. He will then hope to see the start against Chelsea on Saturday, starting in four of his five appearances this season.
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Bench option
Murillo (thigh) is on the bench for Sunday's match against Newcastle.
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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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Chelsea showing interest?
Chelsea could make a move to sign Murillo, according to Football Insider.
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One of Chelsea's most significant needs right now is to sign a top-notch center-back, and Murillo would fit that mold. However, it's unclear whether Nottingham Forest would be open to allowing the former Palmeiras star to depart. Murillo is one of the names to look closely at in the summer of 2026, as Chelsea will do everything in their power to sign a star defender.
One of Chelsea's most significant needs right now is to sign a top-notch center-back, and Murillo would fit that mold. However, it's unclear whether Nottingham Forest would be open to allowing the former Palmeiras star to depart. Murillo is one of the names to look closely at in the summer of 2026, as Chelsea will do everything in their power to sign a star defender.