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Aaron Ramsey is poised to return to the Wales team after Craig Bellamy insisted the veteran midfielder’s “brain” remains invaluable to the nation’s World Cup cause.

Aaron Ramsey had said his priority was playing not managing Cardiff City, but his final game in temporary charge has left the door open.

Six points from two games and a rookie manager in charge, it looks desperate for Cardiff City - but Ian Mitchelmore has detected some light in the darkness.

You would have got very long odds on Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere going head-to-head as managers at the start of the season, but that is how the final day will pan out.

Aaron Ramsey delivered hope, but not the three points Cardiff City craved from his first match in charge and now they have reached the cliff edge.

Wales are about to embark on another World Cup campaign, but they will have to manage without their regular captain Aaron Ramsey, who is back on the treatment table.

Omer Riza is hoping the return of Aaron Ramsey can offer a chink of light for Cardiff City after a dark weekend left the manager needing to apologise to fans. Amid the gloom of a 7-0 thrashing at Leeds United – which required a humbling “sorry about that” to travelling Bluebirds supporters – was the boost of Ramsey playing 45 minutes for Cardiff’s Under-21s in a 3-2 victory over Everton in the Premier League Cup.

Aaron Ramsey turned up for training at Cardiff City for the first time in four months this week as he pushes to get back into action after a lengthy hamstring injury. The Wales skipper has been plagued by injury since returning to his home town club in the summer of 2023 and has only managed four appearances this season.

Aaron Ramsey’s future at Cardiff City looks uncertain after manager Omer Riza admitted injuries were undermining his Wales star. Riza has revealed that Ramsey’s succession of injuries have delayed his comeback plans because they have torpedoed his schedule.

Wales skipper Aaron Ramsey will miss his side’s push for promotion back to the top tier of the Nations League after being ruled out of their final two fixtures in Group B this month. The Cardiff City midfielder has already missed the last two games after picking up a hamstring injury after coming on as a replacement in the final 10 minutes of the 2-1 win in Montenegro in the second round match in Niksic on 9 September.

Wales manager Craig Bellamy accepts everyone loves romance in football, but thinks asking Joe Allen to solve his midfield conundrum against Montenegro would be a “gamble”. Swansea City veteran Allen, capped 74 times for his country and among Wales’ best-ever midfielders, reversed the decision he made in February 2023 to retire from international football earlier this month.

Craig Bellamy remained upbeat after Wales surrendered a two-goal interval lead to draw their Nations League tie in Iceland. Brennan Johnson and Harry Wilson rewarded some incisive first-half approach play to put Wales in command on a freezing night in Reykjavik.