Overview
- Multiple outlets identify Chelsea and Liverpool as the frontrunners for Nottingham Forest centre-back Murillo, with Football Insider reporting Chelsea currently have the edge.
- TEAMtalk-led reporting says both clubs carried out extensive groundwork over the past year and even weighed bids last summer.
- Forest’s valuation is widely reported to be north of £50m, while CaughtOffside cites agents suggesting a £60–70m demand, and the defender is contracted to 2029 with no release clause.
- Murillo’s representatives are assessing summer options, and the 23-year-old is expected to seek a step up if a top club advances talks.
- Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham have monitored him, and coverage links Chelsea’s interest to defensive reshaping and Liverpool’s to uncertainty over Ibrahima Konaté and Joe Gomez, with Forest’s relegation battle potentially affecting leverage according to Football Insider.