Avoid buying from Bilbao I say, unless your name is Aymeric Laporte.
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is Williams a Basque name?
Don’t ask me, I failed my ethnolinguistics CSE.
Brilliant. It would fit like a glove on my new shirt. Williams with Red 5. 
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Younger brother of Iñaki.
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They’re ethnically Ghanaian/Liberian, apparently.
Inaki just switched his allegiance to Ghana and so is now expected to play for them in the world cup. The family is not really from Liberian, but he claims their parents lied and said they were when they arrived in Spain as they were told this would get them a better chance at asylum then if they told the truth and told the authorities they were from Ghana.
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Don’t need to be Basque as long as you’ll had a football education at a basque club
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Guess that’s the confirmation done. Good luck to the lad.
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A bit disappointed with this, we lose a good player, and a Liverpool boy. A pure LFC product. But it’s entirely logical. He wants and needs playing time for his further development, and Trent will always block his path into the first team at LFC. Any back-up player at right full-back will have that problem.
The price is fair, and Neco will probably be a good player for Nottingham. I’m looking forward to see how he does there. Such a high fee adds pressure on him to perform, but on the other side, it makes him an important player within their team, and that’s what he needs in order to strive.
All the best Neco, YNWA.
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I thought he’d end up at Fulham seeing as he was on loan there.
Anyways, Good luck Neco!
Hoping Neco does well for himself at Nottingham Forest.
Kloppo on Neco’s departure:
“It’s wonderful news for Neco – a perfect move in many ways,” the boss told Liverpoolfc.com. “He’s a bright, exciting talent and he’s going to a club that is upwardly mobile in this moment.
“I am a big fan of their manager and he knows Neco from when he coached at our Academy. I think they’ll be ideal for each other.
“He’s achieved so much already but there is even more to come. Premier League and Champions League experience for us; a promotion last season with Fulham, who looked after him superbly, I must say; a contributor to our trophy wins for sure; one of Wales’ most important players and going to a World Cup.
“It’s not easy to let him leave if I’m being honest, but he deserves to be playing regularly and he’s earned the right to be ready for his international team for this tournament coming in the winter.
“I’m proud of the part we have played in his growth and development – I mean the entire club, not just as a first-team environment.
“Our Academy deserves a special mention. They produce so much talent and Neco’s progression is something they can be very proud of.
“We wish him success and look forward to seeing him continue on his journey, albeit now from a distance.”
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And someone to add to my FPL side
The development of this lad since he came into the U18s has been fantastic. First time I saw him play, not a chance did I believe he would become a first team level player and be sold for £17m.
In a way it’s a shame to let him go, but he’s not daft, he knows Alexander-Arnold is ahead of him and that he has two potentially better prospects in Connor Bradley and Ramsay behind him - that’s not even mentioning Isaac Mabaya who is also ridiculous.
We’ve reached a level where a player like Neco is surplus to requirements. That’s a great place to be.
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It was clear early on that this was bound to happen in the next couple of years or windows. Something similar might happen with Kelleher soon. The first team’s success is the natural priority, in the meantime it’s fantastic if we can get a) players who deserve to be part of the first team or b) we sell them for good fees.
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Everything you’ve written about him makes me think Alexander-Arnold…
Completely different type of player with totally different playing style but Mabaya is a terrific prospect and one I am excited to see in pre-season.
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