New Wales cap Regan Poole admits he owes much to Manchester United after making his international debut on Wednesday night. Defender Poole seemed destined for stardom in 2015 after leaving Newport aged 17, on the same day United made Anthony Martial football’s most expensive teenager.

Rob Page has revealed Charlie Savage will be staying with the Wales squad for the Euro 2024 qualifier with Croatia on Sunday. Savage, the 20-year-old son of former Wales midfielder Robbie, made his full senior debut on Wednesday as the Dragons cruised to a 4-0 friendly win over Gibraltar in Wrexham.

Manager Rob Page says Wales should not move home games to the Principality Stadium ahead of Euro 2028. The UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 was formally approved on Tuesday, with the 74,500-capacity home of Welsh rugby in Cardiff among the 10 venues to be used for the tournament.

Wales will press for hosting up to six games after the joint UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 is given the formal seal of approval on Tuesday. The UEFA executive committee is set to give the green light to the five-nation bid, which is unopposed after Turkey withdrew last week to focus on its joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032.

Ben Davies has taken over the Wales captaincy hoping his club Tottenham’s rise to the top of the Premier League can benefit the Dragons’ Euro 2024 ambitions. Davies replaces the injured Aaron Ramsey as skipper for Wednesday’s friendly with Gibraltar and the vital European Championship qualifier against Croatia in Cardiff on Sunday.

Wales manager Rob Page has revealed he had to tell Charlie Savage to quit Manchester United to kickstart his career. Savage – the 20-year-old son of former international now TV and radio pundit Robbie – could make his debut for his country next week.

Erol Bulut has suggested his Cardiff City players have believed too much in the hype after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Watford. After four successive victories sent them surging up the Championship table, the Bluebirds have suffered defeat at Middlesbrough and were denied a win by the Hornets.

Liam Cullen believes Swansea City are now giving a true indication of what they are capable of this season. The Swans striker is convinced the 3-1 victory at Plymouth Argyle at the weekend underlines a growing conviction the club have turned a corner after a difficult start to the season.

Swansea City fans may be wondering what has happened to their club to turn things around, but midfielder Jamie Paterson thinks he knows the answer. The Swans visit Plymouth Argyle on Saturday, where they could earn their fourth successive victory in the Championship.

Warren Gatland was watching a game at Twickenham the last time Wales played Georgia and didn’t expect to see the final result with the Georgians coming out on top. That was a year ago, when Levan Maisashvili’s side triumphed 13-12 in Cardiff to record one of their most famous victories, but that game hasn’t figured in Wales’ own build-up to the final Pool C match at Rugby World Cup in Nantes.  “I only watched the first half of that game as I was at Twickenham for a match there. At half-time, I was confident Wales would win that game and unfortunately everything came unstuck in the last 10 minutes,” said Gatland. 

Aaron Ramsey has been ruled out of Wales’ three remaining European Championship qualifying matches after Cardiff City confirmed his absence would be measured in months rather than weeks. The 32-year-old Wales captain hasn’t played since twisting his knee in a freak training incident last month.  Wales boss Rob Page had resigned himself to being without his skipper for next week’s key clash with Croatia in Cardiff, but now he will have to count him out of the final group games against Turkey and Armenia. 

Rob Page has described the loss of “big players” Aaron Ramsey and Brennan Johnson for Wales’ vital Euro 2024 qualifier with Croatia as a “blow. But the Wales manager is confident the pair will be fit for final group games in November. Skipper Ramsey misses out with a knee tendon problem that has forced him to miss Cardiff’s last five games, while Tottenham’s new £47.5million forward Johnson is sidelined by a hamstring injury sustained in the north London derby draw at Arsenal.

Michael Duff believes Swansea City have turned a corner since their derby defeat to Cardiff City – a re-set he says was underlined by their 2-1 victory over Norwich City. Bashir Humphreys hammered home his first senior goal to make it three wins in a row for the Swans on Wednesday night. The 20-year-old left-back powered a half-volley into the roof of the net from an 82nd-minute corner to make it 10 points from the last 12 for Swansea and move Duff’s men up to 15th in the Championship.

Wales will be without star striker Brennan Johnson for their crunch Euro 2024 qualifier against Croatia as well as Aaron Ramsey. Skipper Ramsey had already been declared unfit because of a knee injury a fortnight ago by his Cardiff City manager Erol Bulut, but Wales boss Rob Page had hoped Johnson would make it.

Erol Bulut claimed tiredness was a factor in Cardiff City losing their unbeaten streak with a 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough. The Bluebirds conceded two second-half goals to slide out of the Championship play-off places as their four-game winning sequence came to an abrupt end

Rob Edwards could not hide his disappointment following Burnley’s late winner against his Luton Town team meant another Premier League defeat. Jacob Bruun Larsen’s stunning strike made it 2-1 just one minute after Elijah Adebayo had drawn the Hatters level as the Clarets snatched a first win of the Premier League season.

Lionel Messi and company have been lined up as potential opponents for the Dragons with Wales keen to play Argentina in Cardiff or Patagonia, where thousands of Welsh emigrants settled in the 19th century. “There is an ongoing discussion between us and them,” Football Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney said about a possible friendly between the two nations.

Michael Duff has insisted Swansea City’s resurgence proves their resilience, having bounced upwards from rock bottom. The Swans head coach reckons his team’s 3-0 victory at Millwall was their best result since he took charge in the summer as they made back-to-back Championship wins.

Erol Bulut reckons Cardiff City have strung together a “perfect” four-match winning streak but is demanding more. The Bluebirds registered a fourth successive Championship victory as they eased to a 2-0 scoreline over struggling Rotherham. Second-half goals from striker Kion Etete and full-back Perry Ng were enough for the sixth-placed Bluebirds to claim all three points and continue their recent surge up the table.

Joe Ralls still remembers the tension surrounding the last time Cardiff City played Rotherham. Back in April the Bluebirds were battling against relegation and headed to The New York Stadium for a must win game against a fellow basement team.