Neco Williams appears to have poured cold water on the possibility of a permanent move to Fulham by telling the press that he will be ‘going back to Liverpool this summer’.
The Welsh full back has enjoyed a sensational loan spell at Craven Cottage, slotting straight into Marco Silva’s back four after arriving from Anfield in January and playing a key role as the Whites soared to the top of the Championship – clinching an immediate return to the top flight with a home win over Preston North End last week.
Newspaper reports had suggested that Liverpool were open to a second loan spell for Williams next season or even a deal starting at around £12m, but the 21 year-old told the Press Association:
“It’s been a great loan. But I’ll be going back to Liverpool in the summer, feeling like a more mature player and definitely an improved player. Right now, I just want to play football week in and week out.
I want to play as much as possible and gain as much experience as possible, and so far it has definitely helped me. I’ve improved as a player and getting promoted is a nice one to put on the CV.”
Williams admits he wants to add the Championship title to the Premier League trophy he won with Liverpool in 2020.
“First and foremost, it’s that experience of winning with a great group of players, which is hard to replicate. I’ve won the Premier League and hopefully I can go on to win the Championship now. I have gained a lot of experience in a short amount of time.
I’ve gone from starting a Champions League game against AC Milan and beating them 2-1 to playing Barnsley. So I have gained quite a lot of valuable and varied experience at such a young age. I want to be a Premier League player. For me, I think it’s the best and the toughest league in the world. And you always want to be playing against the best players in the world.”
Shame. That said we need players who want to play for the club, best that we found out now and not later
OK
Hmmmm – unlikely to be playing football ‘week in and week out’ if he goes back to Anfield
Of course he’s going back he’s a Liverpool player doesn’t mean they won’t sell him
If Liverpool won’t play Neco regularly what’s the point of staying there? At Fulham he will start every game and become an even better player.
What you want,and what you get in life,are often 2 different things. Good luck to him.
Going back to Liverpool and playing every week in the reserves lol
Tony. C , let’s hope these two things match for Williams 😉
Then fuck off