Adam Davies is looking forward to competing with Wayne Hennessey and Danny Ward for a starting place in the Wales team at the Euros – and is anxious to make up for lost time. Davies, 28, was one of the three goalkeepers to be selected by manager Robert Page for the tournament and is in Baku as many people’s unlikely lad. But the Stoke City goalkeeper was on the cusp of grasping his golden opportunity to become Wales’ number one when he suffered a significant knee injury at Swansea City back in October.

Jonny Williams insists he will not be affected by speculation about his future as he prepares for yet another historic European Championship campaign with Wales. Williams, 27, was released by Cardiff City despite only joining the club from Charlton Athletic on deadline day in January.  With his club future uncertain, speculation has been rife about his next steps following the conclusion of this summer’s tournament.

Aaron Ramsey has admitted it took him a long time to get Arsenal out of his system  and find his best form in Italy with Juventus. But the Wales midfielder is confident his fitness concerns are over and he can cope with the demands of tournament football at Euro 2020. Ramsey has been plagued by injury issues over the past few seasons and missed many games for club and country.

Neco Williams has revealed how extra training at Liverpool has got him into peak fitness for Wales’ Euro 2020 campaign. Right-back Williams has found himself in the shadow of England’s Trent Alexander-Arnold at Anfield with little game-time since the turn of the year. The 20-year-old has played more games for his country than his club in 2021 – five to four – and was so concerned about his pre-Euros fitness that he volunteered for additional training sessions at Liverpool.

Ben Davies admitted Wales had plenty of work to do after being held 0-0 by Albania in their final Euro 2020 warm-up game. Wales drew a blank in front of goal for the second successive game after losing 3-0 away to France on Wednesday. Robert Page’s squad start their European Championship campaign against Switzerland in Baku on June 12.

Robert Page is confident both Aaron Ramsey and Ben Davies will be fit and ready for Wales at the start of Euro 2020. The Wales manager is preparing his final week of plans before his team kick off their campaign against Switzerland on June 12, with one final warm-up match on Saturday when they host Albania at Cardiff City Stadium. Page’s side lost 3-0 to World Champions France on Wednesday and were forced to play most of the match with 10 men as defender Neco Williams was sent off after 25 minutes.

Wales have one match left before their European Championship finals campaign starts next weekend. They host Albania on Saturday with uncertainty still surrounding whether or not Neco Williams will remain suspended. When the real action starts, former Wales and Swansea City star Alan Curtis reckons it should be Connor Roberts ahead of Williams in the selection pecking order, as he tells Graham Thomas. Connor Roberts has been backed to see off the challenge of youngster Neco Williams and form part of Wales’ defensive shield at the Euros. Former Swansea City manager and Wales international Alan Curtis believes both Roberts and Joe Rodon – players he nurtured in his time at the Liberty Stadium – should be in Wales’ starting line-up for the tournament.

Women’s club football in Wales is being re-shaped. But as well as abandoning the old structures, other things have been dumped by the Football Association of Wales, too – such as fairness, integrity and respect. Fraser Watson suggests a re-think. An elitist, power-fuelled proposal that threatens the very essence of league structure and competition. Six weeks ago, such a theory was being directed, with no shortage of venom attached, towards the 12 clubs assigned to the soon to be defunct European Super League.

Daniel James and Robert Page both revealed players and officials suggested Portuguese referee Luis Godinho made a mistake in sending off Neco Williams during Wales’ 3-0 defeat in Nice. Williams was shown a straight red card after 26 minutes when the score was 0-0 at the Allianz Riviera on Wednesday night. The Liverpool full-back was only a few yards away from Karim Benzema when he blocked the Real Madrid striker’s close-range shot with both arms away from his body.

The real countdown to the Euros starts tonight when Wales face France in the first of two warm-up games before the tournament begins. For Chelsea’s Ethan Ampadu, the fixture will bring back good memories of the start of his international career, as he tells Alex Predeleux. Ethan Ampadu is aiming for another night to remember – and the promise of something huge to follow – when he steps out for Wales against France on Wednesday night. Three-and-half years ago, Ampadu made his international debut as a dreadlocked 17-year-old in a friendly at the Stade de France.

Rubin Colwill – Cardiff City’s 19-year-old midfielder – has been included in Wales’ Euro 2020 squad after just 191 minutes of senior football. Colwill is the surprise name in a 26-man squad skippered by Gareth Bale and containing the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Daniel James, Ethan Ampadu and Joe Rodon. There are eight survivors from the group which reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals in France – Bale, Ramsey, Ben Davies, Chris Gunter, Danny Ward, Joe Allen, Jonny Williams and Wayne Hennessey.

Scarlets scrum-half Dane Blacker has been tipped to make his Wales debut this summer. The Pontypridd product is the Scarlets’ top try scorer this season and has made a major impression in Llanelli despite competing with current internationals Gareth Davies and Kieran Hardy for a place in the side. Interim Scarlets head coach Dai Flanagan believes Blacker a player Wayne Pivac should seriously consider for this summer’s Tests against Argentina (twice) and Canada at the Principality Stadium.