Speaking on Sky Sports news, Williams said "We've received two bids from Chelsea and we've rejected them. We don't want to lose Damien. We hope he stays. It depends how serious Chelsea are about wanting to sign him. There is a release clause in the contract he negotiated last year.
"If conditions are met with the bid naturally we would be obliged to let Damien talk to Chelsea - or any other club who met them and the decision would rest with the player.
"There has been intense press speculation and I don't think it's fair to talk about the amounts (of the bids). But a very serious bid has been made and rejected - and we want the player to stay."
Well, us Chelsea fans want the player to leave! Whilst the bids have been rejected, this is clearly not the last that we're going to hear about this story...