Welsh national team coach Chris Coleman announced the squad that will face Macedonia and Serbia in the upcoming 2014 World Cup qualification matches.
Coleman has called up 23 players among which start player Gareth Bale for whom there are rumors that may end up in Real Madrid in the next days. Also the squad features attacker Craig Bellamy and midfielder Aaron Ramsey. With the rest being unknown for the Macedonian public, still all except two are playing in England with 4 based in the two Welsh clubs that are part of the Premier League.
Wayne Hennessey – Wolverhampton Wanderers
Glyn Myhill – West Bromwich Albion
Owain Fon Williams – Tranmere Rovers
Ben Davies – Swansea City (
)
Neal Eardley – Birmingham City
Danny Gabbidon – Crystal Palace
Chris Gunter – Reading
Adam Matthews – Celtic
Samuel Ricketts – Wolverhampton Wanderers
Neil Taylor – Swansea City (
)
Ashley Williams – Swansea City (
)
Joe Allen – Liverpool
Jack Collison – West Ham United
Andrew Crofts – Brighton & Hove Albion
Andy King – Leicester City
Joe Ledley – Celtic
Aaron Ramsey – Arsenal
Jonathan Williams – Crystal Palace
Gareth Bale – Tottenham Hotspur
Craig Bellamy – Cardiff City (
)
Simon Church – Charlton Athletic
Hal Robson-Kanu – Reading
Sam Vokes – Burnley
Wales will travell to Skopje to face Macedonia on 6 September and four days later will host Serbia. The match at the National Arena Philip II of Macedon will kick off at 19.00 CET.