According to Football Insider, Liverpool are preparing to offer Neco Williams a bumper new deal to reflect his growing status at the club.
What’s the story?
The 18-year-old has featured regularly in the cup so far this season – he has featured in four of the six matches in the FA Cup and League Cup the Reds have played this term.
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Now, it is being said that he will be offered a new deal after his “stunning emergence”.
Good business
As it is, Trent Alexander-Arnold has the right-back position on lock down. Even from that area of the pitch, he has been his side’s most creative force in the Premier League – he already has 10 assists in that competition to his name, more than any of his teammates – and at 21, he has years ahead of him in the game.
However, behind him, there are a lack of options. Joe Gomez has featured there this term, but he now looks settled at centre-back having helped keep eight clean sheets in his last nine games, whilst James Milner, the other alternative, is a central midfielder by trade.
Adding a back-up option to his squad in that position will have no doubt been on Jurgen Klopp’s mind. That would not necessarily by cheap, especially if he wanted to bring in some real quality – just look at Joao Cancelo, who cost Manchester City £27.5m plus Danilo.
However, Williams may be able to save his club a fortune. The reason why he can provide support for Alexander-Arnold is not just because he is already at the club and therefore is an easy fix – rather, he has already proven himself ready to appear. Albeit in the cups, the Wales U19 international has made two assists in those four matches, showing that he may just have similar abilities to the England international.
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This would be a shrewd bit of business from the Reds and sporting director Michael Edwards, and they should look to secure even more of their young talent on new contracts.
Elsewhere, this Liverpool man deserves to be named PFA Player of the Year.