With Harry Wilson impressing for Frank Lampard’s Derby County this season, many expected the Welsh international to be part of Jurgen Klopp’s first-team plans for next year, but it appears the winger has other ideas.
16 goals and four assists in the Championship at the age of 22 is enough for many Premier League teams to consider promoting said player into the first-team, but it appears that Wilson is taking matters into his own hands, and according to the Daily Star, the youngster is looking for a move away from Anfield this summer.
There is no question that Wilson could easily slot into any team outside the top-six in the English top-flight, and although it is understandable why the Welsh international is taking the decision to leave Merseyside with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane way ahead of him in the pecking order, Liverpool should still feel bad about letting the winger down.
Aside from Trent Alexander-Arnold, Wilson is one of the most talented players to break through at Liverpool some time, and for the club to cash on him now after the best season of his career is disrespectful to the attacker, who many fans expected to be part of the first-team next season.
It paints a bad message for the club if one of their hottest prospects is willing to leave on his own terms because of a lack of first-team opportunities, and it paints a dark image for current prospects in the youth academy that despite doing incredible out on loan, you could still find yourself set for the chop.
Wilson could have become a Liverpool great, but the machine that is modern football wouldn’t allow such a storyline to be written.
Liverpool fans, are the club wrong to sell Wilson this summer? Let us know!
