Liverpool defender Neco Williams signs new five-year contract at Anfield

Williams is currently at Liverpool's preseason camp in Austria
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Liverpool defender Neco Williams has signed a new five-year contract at the club.

The 19-year-old made his first team debut last season and went on to establish himself as an exciting understudy to Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back, picking up a Premier League winners’ medal.

“It feels amazing,” he told the club’s website. “At the minute for me, I think there is no better place to learn and to become a better player than being here and working with the lads. I think we’ve got some of the best players in the world and we’re one of the best teams in the world.

“For me personally, especially learning off Trent and Robbo every day, getting their advice, seeing what they say, it’s only going to make me a better player and I feel it.

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“I take it day by day and I am maturing in my game, I am developing as a player and, like I said, I don’t think there is a better place for me to work and keep going at it than here.

The academy graduate, who is currently in Austria at the club’s preseason training camp, made ten appearances in all, six of them in the league, and was also part of the squad that won the Club World Cup in Qatar.

“Last season was my breakout season,” he added. “But I think the more games I play now, the more I train, I feel I am becoming a better player.

“I feel I am developing a lot and, like I said before, learning off Trent and Robbo and getting their advice has helped me massively. In training I am learning from what they are doing, they are giving me advice on what to do attacking-wise and defensively.

“I am learning massively – there is no better place to be at the moment.”

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