{"id":613957,"date":"2022-06-20T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=613957"},"modified":"2022-06-20T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T20:00:54","slug":"southampton-liverpool-neco-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/20\/southampton-liverpool-neco-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Southampton Must Pay &#8216;\u00a320 Million Package&#8217; to Sign Liverpool Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Southampton have approached <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/15\/liverpool-star-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> over a deal to sign defender Neco Williams, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/32461\/12476234\/transfer-centre-raheem-sterling-christian-eriksen-and-frenkie-de-jong-all-the-latest-updates\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is also interest from Fulham and Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, while Dutch side PSV Eindhoven are also said to be keen on a loan deal.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will only listen to permanent offers for the Welshman and reportedly want up to \u00a320 million for him.<\/p>\n<h2>Southampton Approach Liverpool for \u00a320 Million Rated Neco Williams<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Southampton?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Southampton<\/a> have made an approach for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Liverpool?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Liverpool<\/a>\u2019s Neco Williams. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PSV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PSV<\/a> too. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fulhamfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Fulhamfc<\/a> still frontrunners and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NottmForest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NottmForest<\/a> involved. (Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinnOConnor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@VinnOConnor<\/a>) more here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OzHTtF6aQx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/OzHTtF6aQx<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SSN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SSN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XSpRBcjOq6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XSpRBcjOq6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lyall Thomas (@SkySportsLyall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsLyall\/status\/1538904690192273408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Heavy Interest Following Liverpool Addition<\/h3>\n<p>Since the rumours of Liverpool&#8217;s interest in Calvin Ramsay, it has been expected that Williams would look to leave the Reds in search of regular first-team football.<\/p>\n<p>Now that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/16\/calvin-ramsay-liverpool-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Ramsay&#8217;s move<\/a> has been confirmed, rumours around Williams&#8217; departure have gathered further pace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/26\/manchester-united-midfielder-summer-options\/\" target=\"_self\">Fulham<\/a> were the first to be credited with interest after the 21-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan there, winning promotion from the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Cottagers are still said to be the favourites, but <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/07\/nottingham-forest-brice-sambra-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> and Southampton will provide stiff competition in the race for the youngster&#8217;s signature.<\/p>\n<p>Saints right-back Tino Livramento <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11700\/12599949\/tino-livramento-southampton-confirm-defender-likely-to-miss-rest-of-2022-after-suffering-serious-knee-injury-at-brighton\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is expected<\/a> to miss the rest of the year after a horror injury back in April, thus creating interest in Williams from Ralph Hasenhuttl&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>Forest, meanwhile, are looking for a replacement for <a href=\"https:\/\/tothelaneandback.com\/2022\/06\/19\/fabrizio-romano-tottenham-hotspur-spurs-middlesbrough-next-week-djed-spence-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Djed Spence<\/a>, who looks to be on his way to Tottenham Hotspur after spending last season on loan at the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-promoted side have also been boosted by the news that manager Steve Cooper has agreed a deal in principle over a new contract with the club &#8211; his current deal, which he signed when he took over last September, runs until 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southampton have approached Liverpool over a deal to sign defender Neco Williams, reports Sky Sports. There is also interest from Fulham and Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, while Dutch side PSV Eindhoven are also said to be keen on a loan deal. Liverpool will only listen to permanent offers for the Welshman and reportedly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1144,"featured_media":613958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,7188,20,28],"tags":[5807],"class_list":["post-613957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-liverpool","category-rumours","category-southampton","category-transfers","tag-neco-williams"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}