\n And wherever his future may lie, the club captain insists any decision to move on will not be due to a feeling that he cannot achieve his goals at The Halliwell Jones Stadium.\n<\/p>\n
\n Last week, reports emerged that Williams had informed The Wire of his desire to return to the NRL \u2013 perhaps as early as next year if a transfer fee is paid.\n<\/p>\n
\n The 30-year-old is contracted to the club until the end of next season and insists that all options regarding his future remain on the table, with the Brisbane-based Dolphins franchise said to be leading the chase for his signature.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOn my kids\u2019 lives \u2013 there\u2019s nothing been signed or agreed and everything is still on the table,\u201d Williams told the Warrington Guardian.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere\u2019s been really honest chats between myself and the club and everything has been above board, honest and respectful even when it\u2019s sometimes things you don\u2019t want to hear.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt is what it is. There is a bit of interest there and as I\u2019ve already said, I\u2019d be stupid not to listen to it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t great timing for something like that to be out there but that\u2019s the way it is.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s not like I\u2019m not enjoying my time at Warrington because I am \u2013 I love it here \u2013 but I\u2019ve got to listen to this interest.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n In pre-season, Williams was stoic in his belief that his side had the tools to break the club\u2019s 70-year league title drought but following an inconsistent year, they face an uphill struggle to keep themselves in the hunt.\n<\/p>\n
\n They are three points adrift of the top six with 11 games of their season remaining but when asked whether or not rumours of him wanting to leave could be taken as a sign his belief in the team\u2019s ability to deliver a Grand Final win has wavered, he issued a firm rebuttal.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI do still believe that, even if people think I\u2019m deluded with the position we\u2019re in,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to make any excuses around injuries or anything like that, but we have had zero luck with that kind of thing.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cEven despite that, we\u2019ve still got a great opportunity. We\u2019re starting to get some numbers back and the win at the weekend was good for us.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been very inconsistent \u2013 it\u2019s been a very up-and-down year but it\u2019s time to make that rollercoaster start going up again and keep it that way.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis club\u2019s finished first before and not won a Grand Final, so let\u2019s try and do it from fifth or sixth and do it a different way. We\u2019ve no other option because we\u2019ve been inconsistent.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cNow it\u2019s about chasing the top six and there\u2019s plenty of opportunities to get points on the board.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n As Williams mentioned, Warrington have been plagued by injuries to key players throughout the season, with the skipper the first to go down back in April.\n<\/p>\n
\n An ankle injury ruled him out for seven weeks and after speeding up his recovery process in order to lead his team out in the Challenge Cup Final, he has remained fit ever since.\n<\/p>\n
\n Now, though, the stand-off insists he feels fully back in the groove.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s felt a lot better in the past week or so,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s been okay but recovery has just felt a little bit sore.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cNow that recovery time is a little more like normal, which makes sense as I\u2019m now probably at the normal period of time it takes to come back from it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s pleasing to be back playing and I feel match fit now \u2013 it takes a couple of games to get into it so I\u2019ve no excuses now.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI feel more confident in stepping off it and things like that.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou\u2019re always a bit more wary about that when you\u2019ve injured it, which is only natural but it\u2019s feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And wherever his future may lie, the club captain insists any decision to move on will not be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-230250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114779982625781710","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}