Ipswich Town have signed defender, Brandon Williams on a season-long loan from Manchester United.
Williams’ move will reunite him with Ipswich manager, Kieran McKenna who previously coached Williams during their time together in Utd’s youth set-up, with Williams having since gone on to score one goal in 51 senior appearances for the Red Devils.
Speaking to TownTV about his move to Portman Road and playing outside of the Premier League for the first time in his career, Williams commented: “It feels good to be down here and I can’t wait to get started.
“I’m coming here to hopefully get into the team and play a lot of games. There is some very good competition, which is a great challenge, but I’m excited to meet the players and get started.
“I played a lot of games when I broke through at United and have had a couple of tough seasons, too, so it’s good for me to get back out and start playing again.”
Williams will wear the number 18 shirt at Ipswich is “excited” to play under McKenna as he continued: “Kieran was my youth team coach at United and from there we have had a great relationship. He has always had the standards of a coach at the top level and has had a big influence on me.
“He has always kept in touch with me to make sure I’m okay and I trust everything he says because he is great to learn off.”
McKenna is “really pleased” to welcome Williams to Ipswich as he added: “He’s someone I’ve known since a very young age and I’ve seen his journey and how hard he’s worked to get to where he’s got to.
“He’s still very young and has a large amount of experience for a 22-year-old, but is coming off a season where he hasn’t played many minutes and has had some bad luck with injuries.”
On what fans can expect from Williams, McKenna teased: “He’s a dynamic, athletic defender who plays with great energy and commitment and has good quality driving forward with the ball.
“He can go inside and outside from both wings and can pass and cross with both feet, he is an aggressive and positive defender who enjoys defending but can also give us thrust going forward from different positions.
“We think this is a good fit for our group and a really good step for him to come into our environment and culture, where he can work hard and get back to playing at the levels we know he is capable of.”
Williams could make his debut for Ipswich against Leeds at Portman Road on Saturday 26 August in a 3pm BST kick-off.
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