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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin and Jacob Steinberg

Transfer latest: Forest agree Williams and Richards fees, West Ham sign Downes

Neco Williams Omar Richards Forest Nottingham Forest Bayern Munich Liverpool
Neco Williams and Omar Richards
Neco Williams (left) during last season’s loan at Fulham from Liverpool and Bayern Munich’s Omar Richards. Composite: Getty Images

Nottingham Forest are close to concluding deals for the full-backs Neco Williams and Omar Richards after agreeing fees with their clubs. Williams, a Wales international, is poised to join from Liverpool for about £17m and the former Reading player Richards from Bayern Munich for £8.5m, subject to personal terms.

Forest have prioritised full-backs after losing the loanees Djed Spence and Max Lowe. Williams was always their first-choice right-back but the club also opened talks over Manchester City’s Issa Kaboré before deciding not to pay the £15m asking price.

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