{"id":959782,"date":"2026-05-14T17:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959782\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:50:13","slug":"manchester-united-and-everton-make-contact-for-former-liverpool-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959782\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United and Everton make contact for former Liverpool defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool\u2019s season has been a disappointing one, and they will likely finish behind their biggest rivals Manchester United.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Reds find themselves six points behind United with just two games to go and in a fight to secure a fourth-place finish.<\/p>\n<p>                            Article continues under the video<\/p>\n<p>Many supporters believed that spending \u00a3400 million after winning the Premier League was a sign that the club were going to kick on and win another title, but that wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will desperate to get back ahead of their rivals next season, but both Manchester United and Everton are now making enquiries about a former Liverpool defender who has impressed since leaving Anfield.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>            Manchester United and Everton chasing ex-Liverpool defender<\/p>\n<p>Finding players who have played for both Liverpool and one of their biggest rivals is rare, but another name could be added to that list this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anfieldwatch.co.uk\/liverpool-fc\/players\/neco-williams\/\" title=\"Neco Williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neco Williams<\/a> has impressed this season, earning many plaudits and also the admiration of several Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The club are attempting to keep the Welshman at the City Ground by tying him down with a new deal, but United and Everton are among the clubs who have enquired about his availability.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to a new report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c4g9q978j9po\" target=\"_blank\" data-as-button=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Sport<\/a> that claims that Forest have opened talks with the 25-year-old&#8217;s representatives amid growing interest from Premier League rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa and Newcastle are also named as potential suitors for the fullback, who left Liverpool for \u00a316 million in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is valued at \u20ac24.7 million (~\u00a321.5m) by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballtransfers.com\/en\/players\/neco-shay-williams\" target=\"_blank\" data-as-button=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\">FootballTransfers<\/a>, but Forest would likely demand a higher fee to sell to a Premier League rival.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool face a tough task to get back above Manchester United next season, and that job will be even harder if the ex-Red heads to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s season has been a disappointing one, and they will likely finish behind their biggest rivals Manchester United.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,1127,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-959782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-transfer-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116574200008499781","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959782","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=959782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}