Sounds like respected journos on both sides are saying this is a nothing burger and/or Williams isn’t even in the running. This is like the adults have entered the room after the kids have been arguing about something stupid and set everyone straight.
Now, local journos, respected or not, are not always right, but I’ll take their word right now over randos on twitter.
He might have been discussed, and maybe they did chat to his agent to gauge interest, but it doesn’t seem anymore than that at present.