18 Feb 2026 04:55:17
Ed001
What your thoughts on Nico Williams for our left side. Decent player every time I have watched him, skilful, can score too.
Not sure about his pace, but not watched enough of him I guess.
Would Bilbao be willing to sell?
{Ed001's Note - there are much better options out there. He has had a poor season as well, added to the obscene price they would want, just not worth it when there are players like Diomande and Fofana out there.}
18 Feb 2026 07:31:42.
Ok, thanks, mate.With Fofana, I have not seen him play, but I searched and he is not a regular starter at Lyon and has had injury issues too this season. What makes him a good option on the left? Diomande looks very good, although still very young.
{Ed001's Note - well he is a better option for starters because he wants to join, whereas Williams has no interest in a move and would be only moving because Athletic want him to go.}
18 Feb 2026 08:24:29
Obscene price, and he would want crazy wages too. He's on GBP200k a week at Bilbao. When Arsenal sniffed around him, he apparently quoted them at around GBP300k per week, a lot of money for very little end product. Diomande & Fofana are both better options, as they actually want to join. He wants to stay in Spain by all accounts anyway.
18 Feb 2026 08:47:41
I think you said it was 400k a week this time last year, @Vik. We gang on for a couple of years. He'll be down to 100k.
18 Feb 2026 09:18:50
Bilbao are banned from signing anyone at the moment, I believe, which is amusing; they only sign Basque players, but I doubt they'll sell anybody while the ban is in place.
18 Feb 2026 09:49:48
Kloppers, I just read that the transfer ban has been overturned, so they would be free to sign players this summer. But you're right, they still have the self-imposed rule of only signing Basque players, so I'm not sure the transfer ban would be that effective.
18 Feb 2026 09:57:39
For the few times I saw Williams play, I couldn't see anything good about him. Overrated imo.
18 Feb 2026 10:15:32
Shankly, overrated doesn't even begin to describe this geezer. Wouldn't touch him if Bilbao paid us to take him off their hands.
18 Feb 2026 12:01:18
Spanish Madueke. Looks dangerous, very little end product.
18 Feb 2026 13:55:26
Livered, Spanish Madueke got me weak, man. Remember, if it looks dangerous from afar, it often ends up being far from dangerous, lol. Madueke and Williams, in a nutshell.
18 Feb 2026 15:32:41
I expect he'll eventually end up at Barca. That seems to be the only place he is interested in leaving Bilbao for.
18 Feb 2026 16:24:24
Not seen loads of him, so I'm probably wrong to have an opinion, but from what I have seen, he never impressed me.
18 Feb 2026 19:31:37
Fair enough on Nico Williams, guys, but Fofana is a hard pass from me, not what we need. He might support the Reds, but so do I, and you wouldn't want me on the LW. My injury record is also not good.
19 Feb 2026 00:45:26
I would rather we get Neco Williams back from Forest, tbh. He always seems lively and knows about the LFC way.