Harry Wilson is looking forward to testing himself against a side whose strengths he is well aware of from personal experience.
The winger was given a first taste of Premier League football on loan with AFC Bournemouth in 2019/20, scoring seven times during his time on the south coast.
“There’s still a lot of the staff and a lot of the players are still the same,” Wilson stated. “I know the manager’s changed and there’s a few new faces, but I think the core of that squad are players that I played there with.
“So I know the quality of them, and a lot of the boys here who played under Scott Parker know what he’s like as well, so there’s two teams who are going to know a lot about each other, and come Friday night it’s up to us to make sure we’re the better team.
“When you play against a Bournemouth team, especially in the Championship, you know what a good and strong outfit they’re going to be, and they’ve shown that this season.
“And for me to play against a few of my friends and people I’ve shared the pitch with is going to be good.”
One such individual is centre-back Chris Mepham, Wilson’s international teammate who he considers to be one of his closest friends.
“I class Meps as one of my best mates so it’s going to be good to play against him,” Harry said. “As soon as that whistle goes, obviously we won’t be friends, but before the game I’m sure we’ll have a little catch up and take the mick out of each other, and then afterwards it will be the same.
“But for that 90 or 95 minutes, our friendship will be put to one side because I’ll be doing all I can to win the game for Fulham.”
