Ex-Blackpool and Swansea City struggler exploring MLS opportunity following Premier League release
Former Blackpool loanee Rhys Williams is on the look out for a new club following the conclusion of his contract with Liverpool.
An ex-Blackpool loanee is exploring an opportunity in America following the end of a lengthy association with a Premier League side.
Rhys Williams, who spent time at Bloomfield Road back in the 2022/23 campaign, was released by Liverpool at the conclusion of his contract last month.
The Athletic report that the 25-year-old is now on trial with New York Red Bulls, as he attempts to earn himself a contract in the MLS.
Williams is a product of the Reds’ youth academy, having first joined the club as a nine-year-old all the way back in 2011.
After working his way up through the various ranks on Merseyside, he was handed his senior debut in 2020, a few months after completing a loan spell with Kidderminster Harriers in National League North.
Due to an injury crisis towards the back end of that campaign, the defender was required to play more regularly under Jurgen Klopp, making a total of nine appearances in the Premier League that term.
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Further loan spells came the centre back’s way in the years after, including his stint at Bloomfield Road, featuring 17 times for the Seasiders, before being recalled to Anfield early after losing his place.
Prior to his move to the Fylde Coast, it had been a similar story for the defender at Swansea City, with his time in Wales cut short after only seven outings.
After his stint with Blackpool, Williams was later sent out to Aberdeen, Port Vale and Morecambe, but none of those moves created a pathway back into the Liverpool first-team team - whom he had last featured for back in 2021.
Sharing the news of his Reds departure on social media, he wrote: "From signing as a nine-year-old boy, to leaving as a 25-year-old man. This club has let me fulfil things that dreams are made of.
"It's been an honour to wear this shirt, rub shoulders with legends and play for the greatest set of fans in the world.
"Thank you to all the players, staff and everyone who's had a part to play along the way.
"I will be forever grateful to have represented this club. Thank you, Liverpool. YNWA."