Corinthians gives the green light and Murillo goes to England to sign a contract with the English club

Corinthians gives the green light and Murillo goes to England to sign a contract with the English club


Defender Murillo, 21, was released this week by Corinthians and traveled to England to undergo a medical and sign a contract with English club Nottingham Forest. He will therefore miss tomorrow’s match (29), against Estudiantes de La Plata, in the Copa Sudamericana. The club […]




Defender Murillo, 21, was released this week by Corinthians and traveled to England to undergo a medical and sign a contract with English club Nottingham Forest. He will therefore miss tomorrow’s match (29), against Estudiantes de La Plata, in the Copa Sudamericana.

The English club will buy 80% of the player’s economic rights for 13 million euros (R$68.6 million). The contract provides for a bonus of more than 3 million euros (R$ 15.8 million) in case of objectives achieved. As a matter of fact the transfer had been underway since last week, however Clube do Parque São Jorge said “there is nothing closed”.

Murillo was rested last Saturday, when he was on the bench in the match against Goiás; On Sunday he carried out specific training with Gil at CT Joaquim Grava and this Monday the defender made the transfer official.

It is a fact that Murillo had been targeted by other European clubs in the current transfer window, such as Fiorentina, Naples and Turin, all of which are Italian, however the athlete chose to play in the Premier League.

At Nottingham Forest he will partner defender Felipe (who was at Atlético de Madrid), Brazilian champion of Corinthians in 2015 and now 34 years old. In addition to other Brazilians, such as: defensive midfielder Danilo, ex Palmeiras, and Andrey Santos, ex Vasco scion, bought from Chelsea and on loan. The club still have midfielder Gustavo Scarpa (formerly of Palmeiras and Fluminense), but the English side have loaned the player to Olympiacos from Greece.

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Trained in the basic categories of Timão, Murillo only played 27 games for the professional team. The club owned 80% of the economic rights of the defender, the rest belonged to the athlete and agents.

Clube do Parque São Jorge’s initial intention was to keep defender Murillo at least until the end of the year, but Caetano’s good run, who also plays on the left of defense in Luxembourg, has given the management more security. to complete trading still in this window, which closes on September 1st. In addition to Caetano, Timão has Lucas Veríssimo Bruno Méndez and Gil for the sector.

Watch highlights of Corinthians defender Murillo, recently signed by English club Nottingham Forest.

Source: Terra

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