Corinthians could make over R$40m from defender's move to English giant | OneFootball

Liverpool are considering submitting an offer of €80 million (approximately R$480 million at the current exchange rate) for center-back Murillo, who came through Corinthians’ youth academy and currently plays for Nottingham Forest. The information was reported by the English outlet TEAMtalk.

If the transfer is completed on those terms, the São Paulo club would be entitled to 10% of the profit from the deal, that is, the difference between the amount Forest paid to sign him and the fee from the future sale. As the English side paid around €12 million to take the defender from Timão, the profit would be €68 million. In that case, Corinthians would receive approximately €6.8 million (around R$40.7 million).

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In addition to that amount, the black-and-white club could also earn a percentage through FIFA’s solidarity mechanism, as Murillo’s training club. However, there is an important detail: since Murillo turns 24 in July, Corinthians could lose that right if the deal happens after that date.

The same outlet also says that Manchester United have started talks with Nottingham Forest and have entered the race with rivals Liverpool by showing interest in signing the defender developed at Parque São Jorge.

Internally, Corinthians’ Deliberative Council set a target in the 2026 budget of raising R$151 million through player-related deals, including sales of rights and amounts coming from the solidarity mechanism. So far, however, the club has not completed any sales in the first transfer window of the year.

Murillo came through Corinthians’ youth ranks and made his professional debut in April 2023, in a match against Remo in the Copa do Brasil. The center-back quickly established himself among the starters and made 27 appearances in the black-and-white shirt.

A few months later, in August of that same year, he was transferred to Nottingham Forest for €12 million (around R$64.4 million at the time) for 70% of his economic rights, an amount similar to what the club could collect again if the sale for the speculated fee is completed.

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