'A real eye-opener' - Harry Wilson lifts lid on Leeds United life after Fulham departure
Harry Wilson has lifted the lid on life at Leeds United after leaving Fulham
Harry Wilson has found it “quite easy” to get to know his new teammates at Leeds United.
The 29-year-old was pursued by Leeds during the last summer transfer window, but did not put pen to paper at Elland Road until earlier this month. It was a move that reunited him with his Wales teammates Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu and Daniel James.
Fans finally got to see the former Fulham winger in a Leeds shirt over the weekend, when he appeared from the bench in a 3-2 friendly defeat to Wrexham in the USA.
Harry Wilson settling in
In a post-match interview with LUTV, Wilson said: “There are no distractions. We are all together pretty much all day. It has been good for me getting to know everyone, all the new faces.
“The Welsh boys have helped me with that anyway so I found it quite easy to get to know everyone and, yeah, spend a lot of time on the training pitch getting to know the manager’s ideas, getting to know the lads on and off the pitch. I think it has been really good.”
Stateside support
Leeds were a long way from home as they did battle with Wrexham in Florida, but had the support of fans who had flow across the pond to show support.
Wilson said: “It is crazy. I think even before we left the hotel, the lobby was full and the send-off we got from the hotel was a real eye-opener for me.
“To turn up here today and see them here supporting and singing, yeah, I am sure that is going to be a sign of things to come.”
Defeat to Wrexham
Leeds went behind to an early Kieffer Moore goal before hitting back via Joel Piroe. Bailey Cadamarteri restored the Wrexham lead, only for Sean Longstaff to level proceedings on the stroke of half-time.
Sam Smith later struck for the Red Dragons in the 86th minute, clinching victory for the Championship outfit.
Wilson said: “Disappointed to lose the game but I feel for large parts of the game we were the better team. I don’t think I have seen a start like that for a while from a team. I thought it was a great, great goal from them.
“But I think after that, the boys that played the first half really took control of the game and got ourselves back in it and probably should have gone in half time winning.
“And then, yeah, we made a few changes half-time, and I thought we started the second half really, really well. Controlled the half for long spells and then disappointed to concede a counterattack quite late on. I think overall, a good run out for our first game.”