{"id":398568,"date":"2025-09-05T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398568\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T00:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:10:20","slug":"leeds-united-exclusive-why-fulham-pulled-the-plug-on-harry-wilson-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398568\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United Exclusive: Why Fulham pulled the plug on Harry Wilson transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeds United<\/a> were left scrambling around on deadline day for Harry Wilson\u2019s<\/a> signature, only to see Fulham<\/a> pull the plug despite signing two wingers of their own.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leeds United and deadline day is a combination for chaos, with several examples in years gone by of the club frantically looking to complete business in the final hours of the window, often coming out with egg on their face.<\/p>\n

2025\u2019s deadline was no different, as Leeds were in a mad dash to thrash out an agreement with Premier League rivals Fulham over winger Harry Wilson.<\/p>\n

Most Read on LeedsAllOver<\/p>\n

Leeds United failed with Harry Wilson deal as Fulham pulled the plug late on<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s 7pm deadline brought pressure for Leeds\u2019 recruitment heads, needing a right-winger through the doors to add an extra layer of creativity to Daniel Farke\u2019s front lone after missing out on Facundo Buonanotte, who is surely already regretting his move to Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fulham\u2019s Wilson was the man they turned to for final talks on deadline day, initially rebuffed with a loan approach<\/a>, unsurprisingly knocked back with the Welshman into the final year of his contract and therefore going to leave for nothing if he was loaned out.<\/p>\n

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Leeds then continued talks towards a permanent deal<\/a> as reports claimed United<\/a> believed they had a sufficient offer on the table, signing deal sheets to take the process down to the wire, only for the Cottagers to pull the plug at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Wilson\u2019s place in the Fulham squad has taken a serious blow with Fulham\u2019s incoming business at the same time, signing Shakhtar Donetsk star Kevin and AC Milan\u2019s Samu Chukwueze, two wingers.<\/p>\n

Sources: Leeds United had Harry Wilson in sight for \u201cmonths\u201d despite deadline day chase<\/p>\n

The club have since had to front up to the justified criticism<\/a> that followed an unsuccessful and panicky deadline, but Wilson was actually someone on the club\u2019s list of targets for some time, sources have revealed to LeedsAllOver.<\/p>\n

Enquiries were made at different stages much earlier in the summer over the Wales international, but Fulham were unwilling at those points to negotiate a move for Wilson to join Leeds.<\/p>\n

As a result, the reason for Leeds only being able to enter more advanced talks on Monday was due to Fulham\u2019s own business to strengthen out wide, softening their stance on the 28-year-old and showing more willingness to enter concrete discussions.<\/p>\n

Chukwueze and Kevin\u2019s transfers were completed while their talks with Chelsea brought an agreement for teenager Tyrique George, but that latter transfer not happening ultimately sparked a re-think from Fulham on Wilson\u2019s exit to Elland Road.<\/p>\n

\"\"(REUTERS\/Hannah Mckay)<\/p>\n

George was all set to join Fulham from their West London rivals for a reported \u00a322million<\/a> fee, which should have paved the way for Leeds to get their man, but a deal with Chelsea collapsed in the 11th hour due to documents not being signed in time<\/a>, leaving Fulham unwilling to green light Leeds\u2019 transfer.<\/p>\n

That failure to get George\u2019s signature in turn prompted Fulham to backtrack on allowing Wilson a move to West Yorkshire, meaning he stays put at Craven Cottage, ironically facing Farke\u2019s side next after the international break.<\/p>\n

Leeds United left it too late to get Harry Wilson over the line<\/p>\n

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Of course, Fulham making this decision is what caused a deal to collapse on deadline day for Wilson, but the bigger picture is that it was left far too late, and Wilson\u2019s decision isn\u2019t an excuse for what unfolded.<\/p>\n

He would have been a solid signing at the right price, adding a new dynamic to our attack, but he\u2019s not the only player that could have done this.<\/p>\n

For our talks over a winger to come down to the final afternoon of deadline day isn\u2019t great, and leaving it so late has left us alarmingly short in the final third.<\/p>\n

We still have plenty to be impressed with from this window, but that final piece of the puzzle could prove to be a really pivotal one we\u2019re lacking.<\/p>\n

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United were left scrambling around on deadline day for Harry Wilson\u2019s signature, only to see Fulham pull…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-398568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115148791967428957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}