CHRIS COLEMAN HAS named 16-year old Chelsea defender Ethan Ampadu in his 25-man squad for Wales’ upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
The Welsh take on Austria in Cardiff on Saturday, 2 September before travelling to Moldova three days later and Ampadu could be set to win his first senior cap.
The ex-England underage star is the son of former Ireland U21 player, Kwame Ampadu.
The Chelsea youngster is one of six uncapped players in the squad alongside Liverpool’s Ben Woodburn, Barnsley’s Adam Davies, Norwich City striker Marley Watkins, Wolves midfielder Lee Evans and Bristol Rovers defender Tom Lockyer.
Gareth Bale returns from the suspension that kept him out of June’s 1-1 draw with Serbia while Joe Allen also makes the squad despite being forced out of the Austria game through suspension.
Wales play Ireland in their final Group D game on 9 October.
The squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Danny Ward (Liverpool), Adam Davies (Barnsley).
Defenders: Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), James Chester (Aston Villa), Neil Taylor (Aston Villa), Chris Gunter (Reading), Jazz Richards (Cardiff City), James Collins (West Ham United), Tom Lockyer (Brostol Rovers), Ashley Williams (Everton), Ethan Ampadu (Chelsea).
Midfielders: Joe Allen (Stoke City), David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Andy King (Leicester City), Lee Evans (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Joe Ledley (Unattached), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Jonathan Williams (Crystal Palace).
Forwards: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Marley Watkins (Norwich City), Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion), Sam Vokes (Burnley), Tom Lawrence (Derby County), Ben Woodburn (Liverpool).
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Brilliant! Glad to hear the boys are in good spirits!
Starting of reading I thought it was going to be another Saipan.
Glad it worked out well for the European Champions and hopefully the World Champions!
COYBIG!!!
@Ollie Fitzpatrick:
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@Ollie Fitzpatrick: i was just about to cry!
Sounds like a great day was had by all. So important to have learnt the lessons of the disastrous last RWC on French soil under Eddie O’Sullivan. The 2nd ranked team in the world in 2007, the players were housed for 2 Wks in a Bordeaux hotel beside a industrial estate, and all training was behind closed doors. Not a single fan day, with 30,000 Ireland supporters holidaying in the area and couple of thousand more in on short breaks for both Bordeaux games. The overtrained Golden generation blundered their way to a win over Namibia and last gasp one score win over a limited Georgia (who hadn’t a single bacon of note), then went up to Paris and were mullered by France & Argentina. I suffered through all the games (actually a brilliant world cup, if you weren’t an Ireland fan following them).
Wise man is Andy Farrell, he seems to always come up with words of wisdom in sport and in life, decision to go ahead and meet locals, get feel for the people, tournament etc. Lets hope he continues to nail it in the weeks ahead……..
@Arjuna: and better yet, he always backs it up!
Bring it on!