Hull Offer Williams Route Back After 20 Months Out

Hull City person signed erstwhile Manchester United full-back Brandon Williams connected a one-year statement pinch an action to widen for different 12 months.

The 24-year-old, who made his debut astatine United successful 2019, has spent 20 months retired of shot pursuing a indebtedness spell astatine Ipswich Town during nan 2023-24 season.

During that clip Williams was sentenced to 14 months successful jail, suspended for 2 years, aft being convicted for vulnerable driving.

After spending nan pre-season training pinch nan Tigers and impressing successful location friendlies against Sunderland and Getafe, Williams has been handed a way backmost successful by caput coach Sergej Jakirovic.

The full-back said it has been a reliable roadworthy backmost to nan master ranks aft being retired of top-level sport.

"It feels bully to beryllium backmost successful nan squad situation and backmost connected nan pitch," he told nan Hull City nine website, external. "Everyone has been very welcoming. It's been a bully fewer weeks but I'm conscionable happy I'm present now and tin attraction connected nan football.

"I had a mates of very honorable meetings pinch nan manager. We cognize it's going to beryllium a process to get afloat backmost up to speed, having that clip out. It had been 20 months since I played aliases was progressive pinch a team.

"I appreciated nan manager's honesty. Now, it's down to maine to activity difficult and get arsenic galore games arsenic I can."

Williams said he returns to shot successful a different spot from wherever he near it.

"It was very difficult [taking a break from football] – mentally and physically. It's been a agelong roadworthy back, but astir apt thing I needed. Now, I'm backmost present a different person," he said.

"I've grown up a batch and I'm fresh to conscionable attraction connected nan football. I've missed it. I'm hungry, I'm fiery. I cognize what value I tin bring to nan team. As soon arsenic I get backmost to that, I'm judge I'll beryllium an plus to nan team."