Besiktas manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is reportedly debating a move for a former Manchester United star.
After a glittering playing career at Old Trafford that saw him etch his name in club folklore, Solskjaer went on to spent nearly three years in the hot seat at Old Trafford as manager between 2018 and 2021.
In January, Solskjaer took his first managerial position since being sacked by United and led Besiktas to a fourth-place finish in the Turkish Super Lig.
And as he prepares for his first full campaign in charge of the Black Eagles, Solskjaer is said to be eyeing a former Man United player to help shore up his defence.
According to a report from The Sun, the Norwegian is open to a move for United academy graduate and former England youth international, Brandon Williams.
Williams thrived under Solskjaer’s leadership at Old Trafford, and was handed his senior debut by the Champions League winner in September 2019.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is reportedly considering offering Brandon Williams a footballing lifeline
The 24-year-old defender has not played since a loan spell at Ipswich in the 2023-24 campaign
But Williams is reportedly intent on returning to football after issues away from the sport
The 24-year-old would go on to make 36 appearances in all competitions in what appeared to a breakout campaign for the latest Carrington graduate tipped for success in the game.
However, Williams subsequently found first team opportunities difficult to come by and was sent out on loan with spells East Anglia with both Norwich and Ipswich.
During the latter of the two, Williams fell out of favour at a promotion-chasing Tractor Boys side under then-boss Kieran McKenna as his off-field problems began to come to the fore.
In May Williams was handed a 14-month suspended jail sentence for dangerous driving.
The defender had been ‘driving erratically’ in his Audi A3 before hitting a Ford Fiesta and careering into the central reservation of the A34 in Cheshire at almost 100mph.
Williams admitted he had been trying to show off to a female passenger who was sitting next to him, and a witness is said to have filmed him with a balloon by his mouth.
Prosecutors said it was ‘fortunate’ nobody was seriously injured or killed.
Judge Lamb, sitting in the Chester Crown Court, told Williams ‘there was no reason for driving in the way you did’ but said there was ‘strong personal mitigation’ after committing the offence at a time of depression.
Williams, who had been partying shortly before the crash, was told he had been ‘stupid’ and earned ‘too much too soon’.
