Despite playing eight games for the national team since switching allegiance in June 2022, Williams has yet to score.
Hughton emphasized that it’s about finding the right strategies to create goal-scoring opportunities for him.
“What we have with all of the players are a short period of time so if I answer the question in two ways: At club level he plays in two positions but generally, he is a number nine, he is a centre forward. At this moment in time and for a good part of the season, he is been playing on the right hand side in a three”
“As regards the goals he scores and his performance, this is because what he is able to do at club is that he is able to have day to day contact, day to day training and a way of playing that obviously suits the team. What we can’t do is we can’t fault the work rate that he puts in. He is a player that is prepared to run behind. We just need to get the formulas right where we are able to provide him with the service and the service can come in two ways”
“It can come from the wide areas or it can come from runs over the top. And I think over the period of time, we haven’t been able to provide him with that type of service. Some of that is sporadic; we have game where we have had good possession in the middle of the park and look for runners”
“But probably as I said we need to find the right formulas to create chances for him. And upon until this moment we haven’t been able to do that” he said at the pre-match conference.”
Ghana aims to return to winning ways against the USA after suffering a defeat to Mexico in their previous international friendly match.
