Nottingham Forest closing in on £16m Liverpool man

Nottingham Forest are closing in on their fifth deal of the summer time as they’re closing in on an settlement with Liverpool over Welsh defender Neco Williams.

The newly-promoted Premier League facet have already added loads of expertise to their squad, with Taiyo Awoniyi, Guilian Biancone and Moussa Niakhate having arrived on everlasting offers, whereas Dean Henderson has additionally made the transfer to the midlands on a mortgage foundation.

Now, they’re set so as to add Liverpool man Williams to their ranks forward of the brand new season, as they give the impression of being to outlive their first season within the high flight because the flip of the milennium.

As per the Telegraph, ‘Williams is known to be relishing the prospect of becoming a member of Forest and dealing underneath Cooper, with the switch now within the remaining phases of negotiations.’

In the meantime, whereas Fulham had been additionally eager on signing the participant, who spent the second half of final season on mortgage at Craven Cottage, on a permenant foundation, ‘Forest are shifting ruthlessly to conclude a deal’ and ‘Private phrases usually are not anticipated to be a problem’.

Liverpool’s Neco Williams applauds the followers after the pre-season pleasant match at Anfield, Liverpool. Image date: Monday August 9, 2021. (Photograph by Peter Byrne/PA Photos through Getty Photos)

A Djed Spence substitute

Williams will arrive on the Metropolis Floor as a direct substitute for Tottenham-bound Djed Spence, who was on mortgage with Steve Cooper’s facet final season, serving to them obtain promotion within the course of.

Whereas Forest explored maintaining him past the summer time, in the end the curiosity of a facet enjoying within the Champions League subsequent marketing campaign was an excessive amount of to show down for the Middlesbrough defender, forcing Forest to show their attentions to Williams as a substitute.

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Premier League desk

#	Crew	MP	D	P
1	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0
2	Arsenal FC	0	0	0
3	Aston Villa	0	0	0
4	Brentford FC	0	0	0
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0
6	Chelsea FC	0	0	0
7	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
8	Everton FC	0	0	0
9	Fulham FC	0	0	0
10	Leeds United	0	0	0
11	Leicester Metropolis	0	0	0
12	Liverpool FC	0	0	0
13	Manchester Metropolis	0	0	0
14	Manchester United	0	0	0
15	Newcastle United	0	0	0
16	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0
17	Southampton FC	0	0	0
18	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0
19	West Ham United	0	0	0
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0

Participant	Crew	Targets
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	23
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	23
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	17
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester Metropolis	15
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester Metropolis	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester Metropolis	11
Richarlison	Everton FC	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich Metropolis	11
Raphinha	Leeds United	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11

Participant	Crew	Pink Playing cards	Yellow Playing cards
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	11
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	10
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	11
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	9
Rudiger, Antonio	Chelsea FC	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7

Participant	Crew	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester Metropolis	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	10
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	9
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester Metropolis	9
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester Metropolis	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6