Real Madrid has to deal with the injuries that have affected the defensive department and could look for a defender in January to strengthen Ancelotti’s team. The names of Aymeric Laporte (Al Nassr), Castello Lukeba (Leipzig), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), Mario Hermoso (AS Roma) and Christian Mosquera (Valencia) are already known but in the last few hours a new target would have emerged.
According to information reported by Sportone of the leads investigated by Blancos leads to Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santosthe Brazilian central defender of Nottingham Forest. The 22-year-old player is also liked by Barcelona, who would like to add another profile to the Cubarsì-Martinez pair. Formerly of Corinthians, who joined Nottingham Forest a year ago, Murillo has been used 47 times and has not missed a single minute in the Premier League this season in a team that has achieved great results and is currently fifth in the league.
Murillo has been called up by Dorival Junior and could make his debut this Thursday against Venezuela. A player in constant growth, who could become the subject of a Classic transfer market: owner Marinakis has not ruled out the sale of a player who only cost him 12 million euros, but Chelsea and Juventus are also interested.