Williams 'learned from mistakes' as ex-Man Utd player rebuilds at Hull

Brandon Williams says he has learned from past mistakes arsenic he refocuses connected his shot career.

Williams is now astatine Hull City to statesman a caller chapter, having signed connected a one-year contract.

He was retired of nan crippled for 20 months, a play successful which he was sentenced to 14 months successful prison, suspended for 2 years, having been convicted for vulnerable driving.

It was a acheronian section for nan erstwhile Manchester United full-back, but he now wants to look forward.

"It was successful nan infinitesimal I was in, I wasn't successful a bully place," nan 24-year-old told BBC Radio Humberside.

"It's a large regret and I've learned from my mistakes. I was still a young boy and I'm grown up now. My attraction is backmost connected shot and that's each I want to do now."

Williams played 51 games for United aft coming done nan ranks astatine Old Trafford.

More than 2 thirds of those appearances came successful his debut play arsenic a teen nether nan past head Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and it looked for illustration he was destined for a sparkling career.

He was arrested for vulnerable driving successful August 2023, earlier he was yet released by United past summertime and took a complete break from football.

"I conscionable fell retired of emotion pinch football," he said. "Things were going connected disconnected nan pitch, I had a batch going connected and I conscionable couldn't attraction connected my football.

"It conscionable sewage to nan shape wherever it was excessively overmuch for maine to transportation connected and it was amended for maine to return a measurement distant and a measurement backmost and effort and find myself again."

Stepping distant from shot successful nan premier of a profession is not an easy point to do, but Williams reflects connected it arsenic nan correct point for him.

It allowed him a chance to activity distant from nan nationalist glare and now, acknowledgment to successfully coming done a proceedings play pinch Hull, he tin commencement to rebuild.

"I took action to measurement distant from nan crippled but I consciousness for illustration I managed it well," he said.

"I was moving successful silence. Everyone was questioning what I was doing but I was moving nan full time.

"I was keeping fresh and making judge I was fresh to measurement backmost into football. It was ever nan aim.

"Just earlier pre-season I felt fresh to measurement backmost into shot and it was important that I did get nan training and friendlies in.

"Now it's conscionable building and building, I'm still not 100% but I'm judge successful nan adjacent weeks and months I'll beryllium there."

Williams was an unused substitute successful nan Tigers' triumph complete Oxford United successful nan Championship connected Sunday.

He featured successful a mates of pre-season games, but he is eagerly awaiting a competitory return to action for nan first clip since December 2023.

However, that engagement successful nan squad did springiness him nan emotion that he has missed while being distant from nan game.

"It's nan nerves and butterflies earlier nan crippled that I've missed," he said.

"I'm not a very diligent person, truthful I was excited to get connected nan pitch, but I'm judge that'll travel soon. Now it's down to maine to impressment nan manager."