In a fantastic interview with the Telegraph’s Mike McGrath, Harry Wilson says he is proud to call Fulham home and is confident of producing his best football in the Premier League this season.

The Welsh winger started the pre-season in fine fettle with a stunning opening goal against Brentford in the Whites’ first Premier League Summer Series fixture a 3-2 win over Brentford. Wilson, just like the oldest side in London, seems to revel in proving people wrong.

“You might have thought we would get bullied by teams but that wasn’t the case. We weren’t the biggest team but we more than stood up to teams. You look at our set-piece threat from when we were in the Championship, then we adapted really well last year and maybe played a bit longer and direct to Mitro and played off that.”

Wilson gives most of the credit for Fulham’s fantastic campaign to Marco Silva, who has recently rejected the Saudi Arabian millions to stay at Craven Cottage. The Corwen-born wide man says the Portuguese head coach convinced him to lay down roots in London after five loans out of Liverpool’s first team squad.

From the first phone call we had, he told me the way he wants his teams to play and the way he sees me in that team. The aims and the goals of what he wants. We’re lucky we’ve been able to achieve that. He’s great for the way we train. Every day the intensity is high.Not just in the professional life, but in my personal life I wanted to be settled, I didn’t want to be playing for a team for 12 months knowing I was going back to Liverpool. I wanted to settle down somewhere and really be part of a club. I had a few options but after the phone call I knew it was the right move and two years later I feel I definitely made the right decision.”

Wilson also offers a fascinating insight into how Silva prepares his side meticulously for matches.

“We were Saturday-to-Saturday for most of the season. At least two days before we are looking at how to beat the opposition or counter their threats, trying to play on their weaknesses. “He is very detailed on every team we play, on the day before the game when we watch the clips you can see he has done his homework on everyone, but is also a big one on focusing on ourselves.”