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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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# | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |