Nottingham Forest face a battle to keep key centre-back Murillo as the club face a summer of major uncertainty.
The City Ground club, who were hit with a four-point deduction on Monday following breaches of the Premier League‘s profit and sustainability rules, face having to sell players at the end of the season to ease financial concerns with their emerging Brazilian defender among the players who look set to exit.
Murillo, 21, has earned rave reviews since his arrival from Corinthians last summer and is attracting significant domestic and overseas interest; with Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle among the Premier League sides monitoring the defender’s progress.
Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona feature among his European suitors.
Nottingham Forest may face a battle to hang onto their key centre-back Murillo this summer
It comes as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were docked four points by the Premier League for breaching their profit and sustainability rules
Forest’s co-owner Evangelos Marinakis could be forced to sell several key stars this summer to avoid another breach of the Premier League’s financial rules
Murillo was signed for around £15million but Forest can expect to recoup a significant profit if they were to sell the centre-half.
Forest are at risk of breaching financial rules again next season if they don’t sell one of their top stars in the summer.
In addition to Murillo, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi are among the players likely to attract interest from rival clubs.
Mail Sport understands both Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain have an interest in Murillo
Morgan Gibbs-White is among several other key players who could be sold this summer
Forest are considering an appeal against the point deduction, saying they were ‘extremely disappointed’ by the sanction after they admitted a breach of financial losses.
An appeal board could increase the sanction as part of the process of any appeal.
