24-03-2026, 04:42 PM
Great to see the absolute dedication from Neco.
From a personal perspective, the 24-year-old is having the most consistent season of his career, having made 48 appearances for club and country.
Williams puts his individual improvement down to some of key off-the-field investments in recent years.
"I've got a personal trainer who works on my strength, my core, my balance, and I feel like that definitely helped my game," he revealed.
"I'm making sure my nutrition and diet is right - all the supplements, the tablets, the shots you need to take.
"I've invested in machines to help my recovery. I've got a red-light bed at home, compression boots. I've turned the garage into a full gym now.
"I work with a psychologist too. Every footballer goes through tough periods and every career is like a like a rollercoaster.
"There's downs. It's not all smooth sailing. I'm not a massive over-thinker but I definitely do have a lot of conversations in my own head, so working with the psychologist is just more about training my mind to not constantly think about stuff and to be in the moment."
Those personal investments are paying dividends. Indeed, it is understood that clubs in the Premier League and Europe are taking an interest in the versatile full-back before the summer transfer window.
Despite their struggles, talents like Williams, Elliot Anderson and Murillo are all admired at clubs traditionally higher up the food chain than Forest.
It is gearing up to be an interesting summer at the City Ground.
On his own form, Williams said: "I'd say it's probably been one of my best and consistent seasons I've had as a player.
"I think I've missed one Premier League game from my own doing when I obviously got sent off.
"I've always found it a bit difficult to get that consistency and I think as a professional you need that consistency especially when you're playing in the Premier League.
"There's no point having a good game every four or five, so I've really worked hard on trying to find that consistency. I feel, especially this season and last season as well, I found that.
"I'm not having a really good game, then a really bad game, then a really good game."
From a personal perspective, the 24-year-old is having the most consistent season of his career, having made 48 appearances for club and country.
Williams puts his individual improvement down to some of key off-the-field investments in recent years.
"I've got a personal trainer who works on my strength, my core, my balance, and I feel like that definitely helped my game," he revealed.
"I'm making sure my nutrition and diet is right - all the supplements, the tablets, the shots you need to take.
"I've invested in machines to help my recovery. I've got a red-light bed at home, compression boots. I've turned the garage into a full gym now.
"I work with a psychologist too. Every footballer goes through tough periods and every career is like a like a rollercoaster.
"There's downs. It's not all smooth sailing. I'm not a massive over-thinker but I definitely do have a lot of conversations in my own head, so working with the psychologist is just more about training my mind to not constantly think about stuff and to be in the moment."
Those personal investments are paying dividends. Indeed, it is understood that clubs in the Premier League and Europe are taking an interest in the versatile full-back before the summer transfer window.
Despite their struggles, talents like Williams, Elliot Anderson and Murillo are all admired at clubs traditionally higher up the food chain than Forest.
It is gearing up to be an interesting summer at the City Ground.
On his own form, Williams said: "I'd say it's probably been one of my best and consistent seasons I've had as a player.
"I think I've missed one Premier League game from my own doing when I obviously got sent off.
"I've always found it a bit difficult to get that consistency and I think as a professional you need that consistency especially when you're playing in the Premier League.
"There's no point having a good game every four or five, so I've really worked hard on trying to find that consistency. I feel, especially this season and last season as well, I found that.
"I'm not having a really good game, then a really bad game, then a really good game."
