Harry Wilson interview: Fulham winger discusses secret behind goalscoring form and nearly joining Leeds on Deadline Day

Harry Wilson interview: Fulham winger discusses secret behind goalscoring form and nearly joining Leeds on Deadline Day Harry Wilson speaks to Sky Sports about his purple patch for Fulham and contract talks; Wilson has three goals and three assists in his last four league games; watch Fulham vs Nottingham Forest live on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football on December 22, kick-off at 8pm Image:Wilson has made more league starts at the beginning of this season than ever before for Fulham Image:Wilson looked up to Mohamed Salah (right) while coming through the ranks at Liverpool Image:Wilson also turned out for Wales alongside Gareth Bale Monday 22 December 2025 09:26, UK He's one of the most in-form players in the Premier League right now, but this season could have looked very different for Harry Wilson. Deadline Day proved to be crucial not just for Wilson but for Fulham too. A last-minute move to Leeds was suddenly on the cards - on a day when Fulham signed three forwards in Kevin, Samuel Chukwueze and Jonah Kusi-Asare and nearly got a fourth in Tyrique George. The new additions meant Wilson was nearly granted permission to leave the club - until the deal fell through in the final hours of the window. Now, he's one of the first names on the Fulham team sheet, with three goals and three assists in his last four Premier League games - averaging a goal contribution every 55 minutes. 📱 Got Sky? Watch Fulham vs N Forest on the Sky Sports app 📺 Not got Sky? Get instant access with no contract Since the start of November, only Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Bruno Fernandes have been involved in more Premier League goals than Wilson, who also got a hat-trick for Wales against North Macedonia in that period. What could have been for Leeds. "It was the first time it had happened to me," Wilson recalls from Fulham's training ground about that Deadline Day drama - which he dealt with while on international duty with Wales. "I'm used to watching it on Sky Sports, so to be part of it was different. "My phone was going off every two minutes. It was going to happen, then it wasn't going to happen. Then it was back on, then it was off. "It wasn't a certain few days or 24 hours. I didn't know where I was going to be. It was a bit of a relief when the window closed and I could concentrate on the football." Wilson had to be patient on that late evening at the start of September - but then again, he has been really patient throughout his whole career. He was barely given a chance at Liverpool, making just two appearances, then was sent out on loan six times before finding a new, permanent home in Fulham. Even at Craven Cottage, he has been rotated in and out of the team since their promotion to the Premier League. Last season, he only started one out...

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