In the flat, Williams was known as “the human bin bag” thanks to his willingness to consume whatever was in the fridge, regardless of how long it had been there.
“I would buy, say, chicken breasts. They would sometimes get left and go past the use-by date,” Zamora said.
“I’d say ‘mate you can’t eat that’, but he would say ‘nah, it’s all right’… He maintained the fridge.”
There was one memorable occasion when Williams almost did not make it as far as the flat’s front door, because “security were chasing him round the car park”.
“He got asked what he was doing because he was driving some old banger,” Zamora said through another grin.
“Luke was like ‘what are you talking about – I live here?’ and they were saying ‘I don’t think so mate’.
“I can’t remember what he was driving at the time but it wasn’t anything good, that’s for sure. But Luke doesn’t care about cars – he is not materialistic. He couldn’t care less about fame and fortune.”
Williams’ big break as a coach came when Gus Poyet took him to Brighton, before spells at Swindon Town, Bristol City, Swansea – as Russell Martin’s assistant – and Notts County preceded his appointment as the Swans’ head coach last January.
“He has gone the long way round,” Zamora said.
“It’s pretty much like I did as a player, playing in every division, appreciating where you have come from and knowing where you want to go. He is on that journey.
“So far, Luke’s progression has been fantastic – style of play, chances created, the entertainment factor he produces. He ticks so many boxes.
“Now he needs to do it at Swansea. I don’t believe he has the biggest budget in the league, but I think he will certainly finish higher than where the club’s budget suggests they should finish. That is success.”
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