Liverpool midfielder close to deadline day exit

Liverpool midfielder Jordan Williams looks set to sign for Charlton Athletic today.

The 21-year-old Welshman is in talks with League One outfit and should leave Liverpool before tonight’s deadline.

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MK Dons have also made an approach for Williams who has only made one first-team appearance for Liverpool (v Middlesbrough in the League Cup back in 2014). He was an unused substitute for Liverpool’s FA Cup replay at Plymouth earlier in the month.

Williams was caught up in controversy in March last year when, during a game between Manchester United and Liverpool, a tweet was sent from his Twitter account which appeared to mock the Munich disaster. The tweet was later deleted and his account deactivated. The player claimed his account had been hacked.

Speaking in November, Williams said: “You always have to believe you will make it at Liverpool until the day you are no longer here.

“If I perform well for the under-23s then hopefully that chance to go up to Melwood will come.

“The manager has given chances to loads of players. It was great to see Ovie (Ejaria) and Trent (Alexander-Arnold) play so well against Tottenham. It gives everyone belief that you can get there if you are doing well.”

He added: “My dream is still to play for Liverpool. I hope my career is here but if it has to be somewhere else then I’ll try to do what someone like Conor Coady has done and make a career elsewhere.

“I just want to be playing league football every week.”