Oxford United’s chief executive says “it is business as usual” as the club head into a first transfer window under new ownership.
Indonesian investors Anindya Bakrie and Erick Thohir took a 51 per cent stake in the club in September and appointed the former Inter Milan chief financial officer and Manchester United financial controller shortly after.
Despite the change in personnel, Williams is wary when new owners splash the cash.
Speaking to the Oxford Mail, he said: “I’m always really nervous about clubs making grand statements when a new owner comes in.
“So to me, it is business as usual in the sense that we have we already discussed what we need to do and want to do in the January window.
“That need and want could evolve during the window.
“Those discussions will happen on a daily basis, as to what we need to do.”
Despite the club’s somewhat underwhelming start to the new season, Williams believes that their ambitions to gain promotion remain the same.
He added: “Going into the new year, the objective remains the same – we want to get promoted.
“That is the goal and we are pushing for that goal.
“On the non-playing side, we’ve been working really hard to get the business organised in a slightly different way, making sure we’ve got the right people in the right place doing the right things at the right time with the right level of skill.
“We’re going to make a few key appointments in the new year so hopefully that’ll be good news on the non-playing side, which could really help to drive the business forward and the club forward on the playing side as well.
“We need to look into making some key appointments in the commercial side of the business, which is really going to drive our fan engagement and revenues, to then invest on the pitch.
“Hopefully there’ll be some good news there early in the new year.”
