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Nottingham Forest set to offer Williams improved contract with clubs circling

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Tom Griffin / Tribal Football

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Nottingham Forest are set to offer Neco Williams an improved contract at the City Ground.

[p]That is according to [i]BBC Sport[/i] journalist [i][b]Sami Mokbel[/b][/i], who claims that talks are ongoing over a fresh deal for the Welsh international who is garnering Premier League interest.[/p][p]Newcastle, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a], and Everton are all understood to have made "discrete enquiries" over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-neco/YVxu86Hs/"]Williams[/a]' future heading into the summer. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Forest[/a] are determined to keep Williams on Trent Side, and a new deal should prevent other clubs from prising him away.[/b][/p][embed guid="b0abb25d-f70a-430f-bf38-8517f7a485e5" url="https://x.com/SamiMokbel_BBC/status/2054882275196555774?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 25-year-old is currently tied down until 2029, but increasing his salary and length of contract should inspire him to remain at the club.[/p][p]Williams has been integral to a Forest side that confirmed their safety in the Premier League and were knocked out by Aston Villa in the Europa League finals.[/p][image alt="Williams' Premier League stats this season" id="e2208790-5894-4345-ba75-dbebf516e5f4" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform (photo by Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers)" guid="76235f03-f005-4dd1-b46d-9b52531e1b24" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Across 51 appearances this term, the versatile full-back has scored twice and added four assists, with the [i]PSFA[/i] once labelling his rise as "exciting."[/p]

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