Former Fulham and Wales manager Chris Coleman praised ‘awesome’ Harry Wilson and said he has always been a good player.
Chris Coleman praised the ‘awesome’ Harry Wilson and said he has ‘always’ been a good player.
Coleman handed Wilson his Wales debut at the age of 16 years and 207 days old in an away match in Belgium.
Since then, Wilson’s career has gone in peaks and troughs, but this season, he has shown just what he can do, with a hugely impressive season for Fulham.
Wilson has 10 goals and six assists in 31 Premier League matches for the Cottagers but, like manager Marco Silva looks set to leave the club at the end of the season.
The 29-year-old joined Fulham from Liverpool on a four-year contract in 2022 and he has gone on to become one of the standout players in the Premier League.
But now, it seems he is playing in his final matches for the club, with Fulham looking to finish in the European places this summer.
Where he ends up remains unknown, but there are several clubs who are courting him, and Wales Online previously said that Aston Villa have agreed terms for the winger.
Coleman himself was resigned to the fact that he will leave Fulham at the end of the year and is intrigued to see where his former player goes.
He said: “He’s always been a good player, but this last season he has been awesome, assists, goals, and for Wales, he has been absolutely fantastic, so it will be interesting to see where he ends up.
“I don’t think Liverpool will [go for him].
“He went to Bournemouth on loan, he went to Cardiff on loan and he has got the games under his belt.
“He has put himself in those circumstances where rather than staying at Liverpool and getting seven or eight games, he has gone to Bournemouth and played 25 games or Cardiff and played 30 games and that is why he has improved.
“He has always had a really good mentality, big appetite for football and he has believed in himself.”
Sam Allardyce believes whoever ends up signing Wilson will be securing a bargain, saying that the Welshman would fetch a transfer fee of at least £50 million if he were in the normal market.
Allardyce said: “What would you pay for him, £50 million?
“He is one of those slow burners, isn’t he? He has just gone and really flourished now.”
For now, Wilson remains a Fulham player, but as the days go on without any news on a contract, that seems more and more unlikely for next season.