Leeds United has officially secured their first summer signing. The club finalized the completion of Wilson’s free transfer on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old Wales international winger heads to Elland Road on a four-year contract that runs until June 2030. He departed Fulham at the end of June when his previous deal expired. Fulham actively tried to keep him around. They offered him a new contract after a standout Premier League season, but he chose to join Daniel Farke’s project instead.
The successful move provides some serious closure for Leeds. They originally struck a deal for Wilson on deadline day last summer. That move collapsed at the eleventh hour because Fulham refused to sign the final paperwork.
Wilson heavily overperformed his underlying metrics last season. He finished as Fulham’s leading scorer while generating just 5.8 expected goals (xG). That output translated to 17 direct goal involvements—10 goals and seven assists. That specific tally matched Dimitar Berbatov’s 2012-13 Fulham record for the highest total by any player at the club during a single top-flight campaign.
He won’t have trouble fitting into the dressing room. Wilson holds 69 caps for Wales and links up directly with international teammates Dan James, Ethan Ampadu, and Joe Rodon. To make the Elland Road switch happen, he explicitly rejected interest from Everton and Aston Villa, as well as unnamed Champions League clubs.
Following the Wilson announcement, Leeds front office attention is already shifting. The club is actively pursuing free-agent playmaker Julian Brandt and Southampton midfielder Shea Charles.