Nahki Wells knows he has the “whole of Bermuda” willing him on as he approaches the final hurdle of his race to the Premier League.

Wells is desperate for a crack at the top flight and says he could not imagine a better way of achieving his ambition than winning the Sky Bet Championship play-off final.

The Huddersfield Town striker returns to Wembley for the third time in his career today to face Reading in a clash that is worth a whopping £170 million to the winner.

“I’ve got a whole country behind me and this football club,” Wells told BBC Radio Leeds.

“There will be 65,000 Bermudians cheering us on and they will probably be stopping work to watch the game. It will almost be like a national holiday!

“Their support is fantastic and I really do have the country behind me. They will also be backing Huddersfield to go that one step further.”

Cool, calm and humble, Wells’s demeanour has remained the same since making his Bermuda debut at home to Saint Kitts and Nevis as a wiry 17-year-old in 2007.

Plenty has changed on the field, though.

After plundering goals galore for Dandy Town, Wells left the island in 2010 to join the Richmond International Academic & Soccer Academy in Leeds before winning his first contract at League One Carlisle United.

He was restricted to three substitute appearances for the Cumbrians, dropping down a tier to Bradford City where he initially struggled before scoring in 4-2 win at home to Barnet in the first game after the sacking of manager Peter Jackson.

It was another few months until Wells really announced his arrival, smashing home a 30-yard screamer to earn Bradford a 1-0 win in an FA Cup tie at home to Rochdale.

Wells was instrumental in leading the giant-killers to the League Cup final in 2013, losing 5-0 to Swansea City, before returning to the iconic stadium to score in a 3-0 win over Northampton Town in the League Two play-off final.

His form attracted plenty of suitors, with Wells becoming Bermuda’s first million-pound footballer after signing for Huddersfield for a then club-record fee of £1.3 million in January 2014.

The goals continued for Wells at the West Yorkshire club. He bagged 14 in his first full season, 18 the next, and although he has notched just ten this term, he is confident of posing a goal threat in the top flight.

“I feel I have the ability, the quality, but there have been times when I haven’t shown the consistency and what it takes to be a Premier League footballer,” said Wells, who has scored 102 goals in his professional career.

“Sometimes you just need the opportunity to really kick on.

“There are plenty of players who didn’t do great in the Championship that did fantastic in the Premier League, or did great in the Champ but couldn’t cut it in the Prem.

“Until I really have my opportunity I can’t make that judgment. At some point of my career I feel I deserve a shot at the Premier League and I can’t think of a better way of getting there than on Monday.”

Regardless of whether the goals have flowed, Wells has never lost confidence in his ability. “It’s important every player really believes in themselves and doesn’t self-doubt,” he added.

“I thrive off confidence and really believe in what I’m capable of. At times it hasn’t been good enough, but at other times I’ve felt I’ve done really well [at Huddersfield].

“More often than not, I’ve risen to those big occasions and hopefully I can go one step further and really provide my team a helping hand with a goal or two [at Wembley].”

Huddersfield finished two places below third-place Reading in the table, although Wells’s side won 1-0 at home in the previous meeting between the two sides in February.

“I feel people see us as the underdogs,” said the 26-year-old. “Reading have been a bigger club in recent years and have more at their disposal than us.

“But we believe in ourselves, we believe that this group has what it takes to get to the Premier League. They’ve beat us once, we’ve beat them once, so we both know what that winning feeling feels like this season.”