Tom Crocker has claimed that Liverpool winger Harry Wilson will become a regular starter in the Premier League next season after impressing on loan at Bournemouth.
The Bournemouth Echo journalist shared that the Welsh international has not looked out of place during his first full season in the Premier League, and has established himself as a goalscorer in the top flight.
Crocker believes that he will find it hard to break into the Reds’ first-team though, as he has primarily featured on the right-hand side for Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth this season.
“He has not looked out of place which I think is the biggest compliment you can pay him when he hasn’t played any Premier League football before,” he told the Blood Red podcast.
“I have seen him almost exclusively play as a right-winger and to displace Salah or Mane is going to be difficult to do.
“His stats at the end of the season will look quite good if he keeps playing the way he is, and I imagine he will become a regular player in the Premier League next season.”
The 22-year-old has started nine games in the top flight this season and has already found the back of the net on four occasions.
OPINION
It was the big question on most Liverpool fans’ minds in the summer, whether or not Wilson would be able to step up from the Championship to the Premier League. Bournemouth gave him that opportunity, and he looks to have taken it with both hands on the early evidence on the South coast. The 22-year-old may start on the right, but he has the ability to drift into pockets of space in the final third, and that is where he is most dangerous. The Welsh international has a rocket of a shot on him and is capable of finding the net from any distance – something we have seen many times in the past couple of seasons. It was vital that he got the exposure he needed in the top flight this season, and that gives him the best possible chance to break into the Reds’ side next year. Wilson is the perfect back up to the likes of Salah as he most likely won’t demand constant first-team football, and will have the desired impact of the bench.
