The star of the loan, Harry Wilson, wants to thank Frank Lampard for his loyalty | Paul MacInnes | Soccer

Harry Wilson has a big final to come. This will require concentration, organizational skills, and trust in those around them. At least until he passes the customs.

"I'm going to the Champions League final with my friends," said the 22-year-old. "I have tickets in the club, I take some of my friends and it will be great. I ended up at Anfield Road for the Barcelona match and the atmosphere was amazing. Let's hope that Madrid will be just as special. The ideal scenario will be: win Monday, celebrate Tuesday, then fly to Madrid and watch Liverpool take up the European Cup. "

Correction: Harry Wilson has two grand finals to come. The first being the championship playoff final at Wembley. He may have been in Liverpool's books since the age of eight, but his decisive season came this year with Derby County. The Welsh scored 16 goals in 39 league games, in different positions. Alongside Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori, Wilson provided the advantage that allowed a team that was supposed to be in transition to get closer to the Premier League. Win against Aston Villa and the celebrations could last a little beyond Tuesday.

"It's a good season for me," he says. "It did not really start out the way I wanted to – a bit slow then I had an injury – but scoring the first goal on my return gave me the assurance to start. Like all seasons, there were ups and downs, but towards the end, I think we really clicked and started playing good things. We have scored a lot of goals as a team and we deserve to be. "

Wilson scored his first goal against Brentford at the end of September finishing a breakaway that he had started since his position on the left wing. His last goal was against Leeds at Elland Road in the semifinal of the second leg. It was a penalty that did not lack pressure, but she was calmly wedged in the corner. In this match, Wilson was playing on the right wing. However, he said the biggest development of his career was a difficult period in the middle of the winter when his coach, Frank Lampard, asked him to play midfielder for the first time in his career.

"When you play week after week, you feel fit, you feel strong, that's what you want, you find a rhythm, if you like, so I think my game has evolved a lot and I think that the manager is an integral part of it, "said Wilson about Lampard." I think when your manager is such a legend in the game, you have to take away all you can, whether to improve or to type. in the back.

"When we had some injuries in the middle of the middle field, he dropped me in. It's a position I've never occupied before, but he said he could see me there. Those were the indicators that he had for me, more out of the ball than on the ball. On the ball, I believe in the quality I have. Outside of the ball, he helped me fill those gaps and find a solution to this post. Getting advice from a manager who has had the career that he has had in the central midfield means a lot. "

Wilson thinks that his new ability to adapt will be very useful in the pursuit of his career. Like all good young pros, he does not go beyond the next game to talk about his future, but it is clear that he still hopes to return to Liverpool and qualify.

"It's only going to benefit me because now I do not necessarily play on the wing, I play either side, middle 10, central midfielder," says Wilson. "There is a lender who calls Jools [Julian Ward]; I'm in contact with him and he reports to the manager. I have had some texts [Jürgen Klopp]. It's good to know that you are not forgotten. I wanted to be part of a good football team to be able to show what I could do. I hope the manager saw the matches on TV and that I made a good impression. I will go back there in the pre-season; I do not know what's going on from there. "

What is happening at Wembley is not written either and the result of this singles match will be a disproportionate result, not only on the career of the individual players, but also on that of the two clubs competing for the final. If all the potential consequences mean that this game is under additional pressure, it certainly does not weigh heavily on Wilson.

"Large stadiums, sold-out crowds and games that carry huge objects; As players, you want to play these games, "he says with a smile. "It's a chance to write your name in the history books."