Harry Wilson: ‘Ian Rush phoned. I thought what do I call him? Ian? Rushy?’

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The Liverpool winger, on loan at Derby, talks about that five-fingered goal celebration at Manchester United and his surprise Wales debut at 16

In October 2013, Harry Wilson was having a lie-in, watching television in bed in academy digs in Eccleston, round the corner from Liverpool’s academy in Kirkby, when his phone rang again. He had already missed a couple of calls from an unknown number. “I don’t usually answer them but something told me to answer it, so I answered it and it was Ian Rush,” Wilson explains, smiling. “He was like: ‘Hiya Harry, it’s Ian Rush.’ I was like: ‘What do I call him? Do I call him Ian? Do I call him Rushy?’ I didn’t really know what to call him.”

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Written by Ben Fisher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/15/harry-wilson-derby-county-liverpool-interview under the title “Harry Wilson: ‘Ian Rush phoned. I thought what do I call him? Ian? Rushy?’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.