{"id":691143,"date":"2026-07-14T13:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691143\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:02:08","slug":"man-utd-transfer-star-reaches-decision-on-joining-carricks-side-to-become-next-ineos-signing-after-tielemans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691143\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd transfer: Star reaches decision on joining Carrick&#8217;s side to become next INEOS signing after Tielemans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest full-back Neco Williams is keen on a move to Manchester United and wants to play under manager Michael Carrick, according to a report, which will be music to the ears of his former club, Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>On July 9, BBC Sport reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-register-interest-williams-liverpool-nottingham-forest-kone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd want to sign Williams from Forest<\/a> in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The report claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> have \u2018registered interest\u2019 in Williams, who is in talks with his club, Forest, over a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United were also reported to have expressed interest in the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> defender, who has been playing primarily as a left-back for Forest for the past two seasons but has also featured as a right-back.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/nottingham-forest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forest<\/a> remain confident that Williams will agree to stay with them\u2019, added the report.<\/p>\n<p>Neco Williams wants to join Man Utd<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/man-utd-transfers-neco-williams-preference-nottingham-forest-newcastle-sources\" target=\"_blank\">TEAMtalk<\/a> has now brought an update on the situation, with the reliable transfer news outlet claiming that the former Liverpool star is ready to join Man Utd in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/nicky-butt-claims-man-utd-star-cost-england-world-cup-semi-final\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicky Butt claims Man Utd star could cost England in World Cup semi-final \u2013 \u2018only thing he can do is bad\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Along with Man Utd and Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur are also said to have expressed interest in the Wales international full-back.<\/p>\n<p>The report has stated: \u2018Sources close to the player have stated that a move to\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0would particularly appeal to Williams, despite his long-standing links with Liverpool after coming through their academy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The 25-year-old is understood to be keen on moving amid interest from the two Premier League clubs, although no formal approaches have yet been made.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk has further added that Williams is \u2018open to testing himself at a bigger club, particularly Manchester United\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, Forest want Williams to stay and are in talks with the former Liverpool full-back over a new contract with a pay rise.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/manchester-united-real-madrid-aurelien-tchouameni-u-turn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd reporter suggests next INEOS signing could be Real Madrid superstar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man Utd have already signed Andrey Santos from Chelsea, with the Red Devils\u2019 co-owners, INEOS, deciding to pay \u00a350million for the Brazil international midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League giants have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-romano-medical-completed-next-signing-ineos-turn-30m-third-midfielder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">triggered the \u00a335million release clause in Youri Tielemans\u2019s contract at Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neco Williams to Man Utd will benefit Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>Williams came through the Liverpool youth academy and played for the first team.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old made 33 appearances for the Liverpool senior side, scoring six goals in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool sold Williams to Forest in the summer of 2022, with transfer guru Fabrizio Romano reporting at the time about the sell-on clause that the Reds inserted in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Romano posted on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1546418211570204673\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> at 9:56am on July 11, 2022: \u201cNeco Williams has just completed medical tests and signed contract as new Nottingham Forest player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTotal fee will be \u00a317.5m, add-ons included. Liverpool will also have 15% sell-on clause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams is under contract at Forest until the summer of 2029, so the Tricky Trees will be able to demand a substantial fee for the defender.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-new-ground-stadium-old-trafford-plan-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup offers disturbing glimpse into Man Utd future as stadium plans ignore Old Trafford legacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest full-back Neco Williams is keen on a move to Manchester United and wants to play under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,448,348,708,349,114674,50,115,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-691143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-home-page","tag-liverpool","tag-manchester-united","tag-neco-williams","tag-news","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}