Real Madrid target £40m Premier League star after making final call on Trent Alexander-Arnold

Real Madrid are weighing up a January move for defender Murillo - but they will have to pay double their £40million valuation if they want to land the Brazilian.

The Spanish giants are in the New Year after losing key players to injury. Eder Militao is among those sidelined after sustaining a serious knee injury - and that has impacted Real's winter window plans.

Murillo has been attracting interest from elsewhere after playing a starring role in Forest's start to the season, with 's side currently sitting fifth in the table.

are among the defender's admirers, according to a new report from , who also detail that Los Blancos value the former Corinthians at around £40m.

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It's believed Nottingham Forest are not under any pressure to sell, though, and would not do business unless Real were willing to pay double that for the 22-year-old.

Real Madrid are currently six points behind their arch-rivals, , at the summit and will have to cope without Militao, David Alaba and Dani Carvajal in the coming months.

It's no secret that Real have identified as their long-term choice for the right-back spot with the defender inside the final 12 months of his contract.

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However, it has emerged via that Real Madrid and are mindful that, if he does choose to move on, he wants to leave his boyhood club in a respectful way.

That means Carlo Ancelotti's side could target a stopgap signing in January to tide them over until the summer, where Alexander-Arnold could then potentially move to Spain.

Liverpool icon recently admitted that he isn't totally convinces Alexander-Arnold will extend his deal at Anfield, telling Sport: “I'm pretty confident that the two older lads [Virgil Van Dijk and Mohammed Salah] will sign. They're at a stage where it's difficult to move on to a better club than Liverpool.

“When I played, the two only clubs where players would want to move on to were the Spanish giants but I don't really see that now for Virgil and Mo - who will be desperate to break as many records as he can.

“Trent is in a different situation, so that's the one most people will be worried about with the interest from Real Madrid and the fact that Dani Carvajal has done his ACL.”

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