Murillo is very modest and educated to take by Nottingham Forest, the Champions League or even linked to Real Madrid, but this devout religious star knows that something divine is happening.
“As each game passes, the league gets harder, and this sequence of matches is decisive,” says the 22 -year -old Brazilian in his heart -beating heart, who is now the youngest young center in world football.
‘I think the team is responding well. We try to follow what the manager teaches us and the results are coming.
“If we arrived at the Champions League or not, I prefer not to look too much ahead and instead believe that the next game is always the most important of the season.”
While he speaks to MailThis next game can be the most important of the season, while the champions visit East Midlands with a place in the Champions League in line.
Nottingham Forest versus Manchester City is now the third against the fourth in the Premier League, a scenario that few would have imagined before this season and a reminder to Murillo that things change quickly.
Murillo is not getting excited about Nottingham’s forest, but knows that something special is happening
The 22 -year -old is one of the most coveted quarterbacks of world football
The fifth can be good enough this season for a place in the European Cup, a competition burned in the soul of this club
“That’s why I don’t like to talk about the future very much,” he says. “But I always think positively and trust the work being done by my coach and our group.
“We are preparing for the whole season, especially not just for big games. First, I hope no player gets hurt – so I hope to win.
Forest are a point above the city with Chelsea, fifth, a point later. The fifth may be good enough this season for a place in the European Cup, a competition burned the soul of this club. After all, they are the only club to win more often than their own domestic league.
Even after a recent balance of a five win, this is far from the 16th place they got in the summer where they signed Murillo de Corinthians, when he had only 27 senior appearances on his name and Forest was still having to combat Kamikaze -transferred accusations after 30 players after the promotion.
But these decisions were worth it, and here Forest are now. Then, instead of getting excited about the prospect of where this season can lead, Murillo puts his faith in those above him – manager Nuno Espirito Santo and advice led by owner Evangelos Marinakis.
“I believe our results are a reflection of the choices that advice made in the past,” he says. “We have a coach and his technical team that understands the individual characteristics of each athlete and, of course, the strength of our fans who are always very present.”
These fans love Murillo. They voted him as his player of the year last season, and in January he paid their faith, extending his contract until 2029. Real Madrid and Chelsea are among the clubs who want to do this crouching warrior and hardened by battle, but this is not something he wants to leave him.
“I understood that when I arrived here, when I was signed, people didn’t know me very well,” he says. – And because I played very little in Corinthians.
Forest signed Murillo de Corinthians when he had only 27 senior appearances on his behalf
Real Madrid and Chelsea are among the clubs who want to do this squat, warrior hardened by their battle, but this is not something he wants to let him affect him
In January, he paid Forest’s faith extending his contract by 2029
“My agent explained to me that my signature was a bet that Nottingham Forest was assuming me and that I had to prove to them every day that bet would be worth it.
‘And when I started playing and standing out, helping the team and winning my home, I felt that this contract renewal was a recognition for everything that was happening.
“It’s a rewarding thing for me, because it’s a reflection that I’m doing a good job.”
Another reflection occurred this week, when he was appointed in the Brazilian team for crucial World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina this month.
The five times world champions have fought so far, sitting fifth after 12 of the 18 games thanks to the expanded tournament of 48 teams next summer, they are in little danger. Six of the 10 South American teams automatically qualify and one seventh receives a play-off life line.
Murillo had a first taste of Selection In November, when called to the squad and acting as an unused substitute twice, but is now prepared for more. He is one of the 10 Premier League players on Dorival Junior’s team and will fight Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes for the back role of the left center.
“Being called to the Brazilian team is not just a dream,” he says. – For us Brazilians, it’s much more than that.
‘You are wearing the most successful national team shirt in history. And that has a great weight and meaning. It is not easy to describe this feeling in words.
Murillo was appointed in the Brazilian team for the crucial qualifiers of the World Cup against Colombia and Argentina this month
‘The anticipation of a call is a mixture of feelings and reflections for me. There is anticipation, gratitude, pride and a lot of emotion.
‘It makes me look at the past, everything I went through to get here, and it also makes me look like the future. Representing my country is a source of pride for me.
Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos was born in São Paulo four days after the last victory of the Brazil World Cup in 2002.
He is the modern central defender with a vast set of skills, including a magical left foot that passes everywhere.
“Futsal allowed me to learn the skills I can use on the field,” he says. “I’ve always tried to absorb as much as possible from the teachings that all my coaches have gone me, and getting to Europe helped me even more.
Arriving here and having access to this kind of tactical and technical knowledge that England gave me, I know it has been fundamental to my development.
‘At the Youth Academy in Corinthians, I played in some other positions. I played as a defensive half -term and also as a left back. It was part of the daily routine improvising and playing in other positions and roles.
He started his career when he was six, playing futsal with his father, Fabio, who died when Murillo was 10 years old.
Forest fans love Murillo, voting for her player of the season last year
Murillo lives in a residential area around Nottingham with his wife Mabili Coladello Santiago, who is five months pregnant with his first child, a girl
His mother Rosa, who took the reins of her career as a soccer player, even leaving her job to accompany him. Murillo is eternally grateful for what he did.
“Every player, when it reaches a higher level, wants to do the best for the family,” he said once. “But for her, I want to get to a place and say,” Choose whatever you want, eat whatever you want. ” It’s the best of the best, she deserves for everything she has done in my life.
‘I love my mother, I will always take her to places. She is part of the game, everyone here says that. She arrives, looks at the players and says, ‘I’m Murillo’s mother, can I take a picture? ”
Fabio always dreamed that his son played for Corinthians, a vision that came true when he joined them in 2019 from Uniao Barbarense, a regional team in the state of São Paulo.
He was promoted to the senior team in early 2023, after starring the junior of the Sao Paulo Football Cup, the largest youth tournament in Brazil and responsible for the emergencies of Lucas Moura, Casemiro, Marquins, Lucas Paqueta and Real Madrid Wunderkind Endrick.
It is worth remembering that his debut in Corinthians occurred only four months before Nottingham Forest took his ‘bet’ to him, a 2-0 win against the third level Rowing in the Brazilian Cup in April 2023. One hundred and twenty -seven days later, at 21, he was on his way to Atlantic for 10.3 million.
Murillo lives in a residential area around Nottingham with his wife Mabili Coladello Santiago, who is five months pregnant with his first child, a girl. He is funny and focused. He tends not to be so much out of his home and likes to play dominoes and cards with his friends, clubmates and family.
There are also some video games, in which your forest teammate and compatriot Danilo are a rival. He is also taking individual classes daily to improve his English, although he is ashamed to show him on video or interviews.
He is also taking individual classes daily to improve his English, although he is ashamed to show him on video or interviews
Despite the interest of some of the largest clubs in Europe, Murillo feels that he has a significant space to improve as a player
He lists former Chelsea defender and Brazilian captain Thiago Silva as his idol, and former Corinthian team partner Gil as his inspiration.
And despite the interest of some of the largest clubs in Europe, Murillo feels that he has a significant space to improve as a player. “I think the kind of training we have here helps me improve physically more and more,” he says. ‘I try to follow a training routine combined with rest time and a good diet.
‘I follow the 100 %technical team program. I train daily to play a good role in my club and I think being called to Brazil is a consequence of this work.
“That’s why I try to improve and dedicate myself more and more every day.”
