Marco Silva is confident that Harry Wilson and Aleksandar Mitrovic can take their terrific Championship form into the top flight.

Wilson has enjoyed an outstanding first season at Craven Cottage, scoring nine goals and adding fourteen assists, as the Whites have taken a firm grip on top spot in recent weeks. Silva believes there is much more to come from the Welsh winger, who shone in patches at Bournemouth earlier in his career.

“He has been here the last seven months and the ambition to be involved in this project was one of the main things that has impressed me and I am really happy with him. The good thing is that I know that he can do much more. He can improve. The room to improve is still there and is really big.”

The Fulham head coach has no doubts about the pair’s potential to be big players in the Premier League.

“I am really confident in their ambition and their desire, this is the main situation for me. We have stats on them as well, but that is not the main thing for me when you have quality. They both do, there are no doubts about it, and it is up to me as a manager to keep demanding them to improve and get better every single day.”

Mitrovic has scored 34 goals in an incredible season for Fulham in the second tier and Silva believes the Serbian striker can banish suggestions that he can’t do it in the top flight next term.

“If they can do this next season, it doesn’t where you play, the main thing is that they have quality. When you have players who play in the attack line you need the others players to give them the conditions to show that quality. Mitrovic is a good example of that.

He is a striker who has the profile to score goals in this competition but it is dependant on what the team can do and the chances it can create. It is not the main thing to be concerned about to be honest, but I am really pleased for them, really proud of them. The reality shows we are doing brilliantly so far, but we haven’t won anything yet.”