{"id":639752,"date":"2026-06-15T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639752\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:44:12","slug":"leeds-united-now-favourites-to-sign-harry-wilson-as-massive-factor-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639752\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United now favourites to sign Harry Wilson as massive factor emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeds are now firmly among the favourites to sign Wilson, who is out of contract this summer\"Ethan<\/p>\n

Ethan Ampadu and Harry Wilson know each other well from their exploits with Wales(Image: Athena Pictures\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Leeds United are now the bookmakers’ favourites to land Wales talisman Harry Wilson.<\/p>\n

The former Liverpool winger is out of contract this summer, although he has been offered the chance to stay at Fulham, who have slapped a new deal on the table in a bid to keep the Welshman at Craven Cottage.<\/p>\n

However, there’s a real chance Wilson may now decide to move on, and many Wales fans will no doubt be keeping a close eye on where he ends up.<\/p>\n

Leeds are currently topping the list of contenders with several bookies, while Aston Villa are also believed to be firmly in the picture.<\/p>\n

Portuguese giants Benfica were briefly linked with a move following the arrival of Wilson’s former Fulham boss Marco Silva.<\/p>\n

However, the suggestion is they are now out of the picture.<\/p>\n

Given they can offer Champions League<\/a> football, there’s every chance Villa will be seen as the favoured destination at this stage.<\/p>\n

But the appeal of a move to Elland Road can’t be discounted, particularly given the already large Welsh contingent there.<\/p>\n

Joe Rodon and Daniel James are both on the books, as too is Karl Darlow, although like Wilson, he too is coming to the end of his current contract.<\/p>\n

The suggestion is Manchester United might be readying a surprise offer for the former Newcastle United keeper, but Leeds will clearly be desperate to keep him on board following a strong season.<\/p>\n

Captain Ethan Ampadu may well have a key role to play in convincing Darlow to stay and, as it turns out, has also been in the ear of Wilson recently.<\/p>\n

“[I’m] trying to sell it to everyone,\u201d Ampadu said when asked if he’d been looking to sell a move to Wilson.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a pretty easy sell. Everyone knows how special a place Leeds is.<\/p>\n

“But whenever we get asked how our time is at Leeds, when we\u2019re with Wales, we speak about it so glowingly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those positive reviews might yet push Leeds further into contention for the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds are now firmly among the favourites to sign Wilson, who is out of contract this summer Ethan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,7946,101,56,54,55,90126],"class_list":["post-639752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-harry-wilson","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wales-football-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}