Ryan Giggs is willing to gamble on the fitness of both Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey in order to clinch Wales’ Euro 2020 qualification. The Wales manager has named both of his two world class talents in the squad for the decisive remaining qualifiers away to Azerbaijan on November 16 and at home to Hungary three days later – even though he admits there are doubts about the readiness of both. Giggs has admitted that Ramsey in not “100 per cent match fit” and that Bale is “a worry” – although he insists both players could still feature in Wales’ biggest games for three years.

Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale have both been included in the Wales squad for the country’s final tilt at Euro 2020 qualification – despite persistent doubts over the pair’s fitness. Juventus midfielder Ramsey has been named by manager Ryan Giggs in the group for matches against Azerbaijan and Hungary after recovering from a thigh problem. Ramsey, who is yet to feature in Wales’ qualifying campaign because of injury, has made two substitute appearances for Juventus in the past week.

Ryan Giggs says he was pleased with the performance after Wales stretched their unbeaten run at home to five games on Sunday night – coming from behind to claim a 1-1 draw with Croatia at the Cardiff City Stadium. Nikola Vlasic opened the scoring with a first time low shot just outside the box, moments after Dan James seemed to have been fouled by Dejan Lovren. But Gareth Bale netted the equaliser deep into stoppage time at the end of the first half, after a lovely through ball by Ben Davies, to leave Wales four points off second placed Hungary with two games left.

Gareth Bale may have admitted he is playing with “anger” but his Wales manager Ryan Giggs believes his talisman will channel that energy as a positive force in Slovakia tonight. The saga of Bale’s mood swings in Madrid has cropped up again on the eve of Wales’ vital Euro 2020 qualifier – but furious or otherwise at his treatment by Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, Bale can be a match-winner according to his international boss. “I think now, looking from the outside, things have improved,” said Giggs.

Ryan Giggs has hailed Daniel James after the Wales flier fired a stunning winner in the 1-0 friendly victory over Belarus. The 21-year-old maintained his spectacular start to the season having urged his manager not to rest him.

Gareth Bale admits he has a target he hopes to set as Wales’ greatest scorer – but is not saying what it is. The Real Madrid star took his current tally to 32 – four more than previous record holder Ian Rush – with the late strike to snatch victory over Azerbaijan.

Ryan Giggs admitted Wales have to improve after Gareth Bale came to their rescue with the late winner in the 2-1 win over Azerbaijan in Cardiff. The win for kept alive their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2020 despite a disappointing display against a side ranked 109th in the world.

Daniel James can carry his brilliant early season Manchester United form into Wales duty on Friday evening, according to his manager Ryan Giggs. James has hit the ground running at Old Trafford since moving for what now looks an under-valued £15m from Swansea City earlier this summer. The 21-year-old winger has already scored three times for United and given the fallen giants exactly the kind of youthful dynamism they were desperate he might provide.

Gareth Bale has said he felt unfairly scapegoated during his summer of upheaval at Real Madrid. The Wales captain – who will lead his country against Azerbaijan on Friday night – admits he is not at his happiest, but is intent on giving his all for club and country until his situation in Spain reaches “some sort of conclusion.” In a revealing interview with Sky Sports, Bale said: “I understand I was made more of a scapegoat than most, I take it with a pinch of salt even though maybe it’s not all fully fair.

Tom Lawrence has insisted it is time for him and other Wales players to start sharing the burden carried by Gareth Bale. The Derby County star is set to win his 20th cap against Azerbaijan in Cardiff on Friday as Wales seek to revive their Euro 2020 qualification hopes. Bale scored his first goal since March 16 at the weekend when he netted twice for Real Madrid in a 2-2 draw with Villarreal.

Gareth Bale remains the key man to Wales’ European Championships hopes, according to John Hartson. Former Celtic, Arsenal and Wales striker Hartson insists Wales are still heavily reliant on their ‘main man’ – despite his troubled recent few months in Spain. The 29-year-old Real Madrid star was criticised by some after two lacklustre performances in Wales’ two Euro 2020 qualifying defeats against Croatia and Hungary in June.

Gareth Bale appears to have had the slate wiped clean in his stand-off with manager Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid. The Wales star was omitted from Zidane’s squad for a pre-season friendly with RB Salzburg, having also previously missed the club’s trip to Germany for the Audi Cup. That came after the collapse of Bale’s proposed transfer to Chinese club Jiangsu Suning amid widespread speculation his six-year stay in Spain was about to end.