Aston Villa 'leading' Leeds United and Everton in Harry Wilson race as Fulham make retained list announcement
The latest on Fulham’s Harry Wilson amid links to Leeds United, Everton and Aston Villa
Aston Villa are reportedly leading Leeds United and Everton in the race to sign out-of-contract Fulham winger Harry Wilson.
The 29-year-old came close to joining Leeds in the dying embers of last summer’s transfer window, only to end up staying put.
Transfer speculation regarding Wilson’s future has continued to circulate, fuelled by Fulham’s inability to tie him down to a new contract.
Fulham have now published their retained list and confirmed there is a contract offer on the table for the tricky wideman.
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According to TEAMtalk, Leeds remain keen on Wilson and have made contact with his representatives. It has been claimed they hope their strong Welsh contingent could prove helpful, although appear to face stiff competition.
Everton are also said to be in the mix, while Europa League champions Villa have been named as the current frontrunners for his signature.
Wilson would arguably be a huge coup for Leeds - and a bargain as a free transfer - but the Whites cannot offer European football like Villa can.
Harry Wilson’s Wales connection to Leeds United
The former Hull City loanee, however, does play with a number of Leeds players on the international scene with Wales. Karl Darlow, Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu and Daniel James have all played with Wilson, while Whites prospect Jayden Lienou is a newcomer on the Red Dragons scene.
Ampadu was recently quizzed about the possibility of pitching to Wilson in the Wales camp and conceded he does talk the club up to his teammates.
He said: “We've been trying to sell it to everyone to be honest. I think it's a pretty easy sell.
“I think everyone knows how special a place Leeds is. Whenever anyone asks how our time is at Leeds when we're in Wales, we always speak about it so glowingly.”
Wilson made 36 Premier League appearances for Fulham last term, weighing in with 10 goals and seven assists. In the Leeds squad, only Dominic Calvert-Lewin bettered that goal tally.