Wales boss Robert Page wants clarity from Nottingham Forest over Neco Williams’ injury ahead of next month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers.
Full-back Williams was ruled out for the rest of the Premier League season after breaking his jaw against Brighton on April 26.
But Forest have not put a time frame on the 22-year-old’s recovery and Page wants to know the extent of the injury before naming his squad on Tuesday for games against Armenia and Turkey.
“I think there’s conversations to be had with ourselves and the club, both medical teams,” Page told BBC Wales.
“The squad is going to be announced next week.
“We will have conversations in the meantime and see where we are at with that before we make that decision.”
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Bayern Munich chairman Herbert Hainer has questioned Niklas Sule s decision to leave the club at the end of his contract to join Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund announced on Monday a pre-agreement is in place with the Germany defender, who will join the club from Bayern at the end of the season.
The 26-year-old has agreed to a four-year deal at Signal Iduna Park, having decided against extending his Bayern contract, which expires at the end of 2021-22.
However, Hainer has questioned Sule s decision to choose Bundesliga rivals rather than potentially more lucrative offers from the Premier League and LaLiga.
He was already being discussed at Dortmund and there was speculation – in addition to Real Madrid, Manchester City and a few others – but I hadn …
Manchester United are reportedly keen to secure the future of Facundo Pellistri by getting him to sign a new contract. According to Fabrizio Romano, the 20-time English champions consider getting it done as one of their priorities at the moment.
Pellistri joined United at the end of the summer transfer window in 2020, and the following winter, he was sent on what turned out to be an 18-month loan to Alaves in order for him to get some regular game-time to aid his development. The 21-year-old winger has been back at Old Trafford since the summer of 2022, but he s only made 12 appearances for the club so far, recording a solitary assist.
Nonetheless, with the future of Antony uncertain following domestic abuse accusations, as well as the recent fallout between manager Eri…
Mark van Bommel has been appointed as the new Wolfsburg head coach on a two-year contract.
The former Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Milan midfielder replaces Oliver Glasner in the role after he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt last week.
Wolfsburg finished fourth in the Bundesliga last season, Glasner s second at the club, to reach the Champions League group stage for the third time in their history, and first occasion since 2015-16.
Van Bommel s only previous managerial job came when he spent 18 months with PSV between 2018 and 2019.
He has also worked in support of Bert van Marwijk, his father-in-law, holding assistant roles with Netherlands, Australia, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates at international level.
Van Bommel spent five years of his …
Erling Haaland claimed his five-goal haul all blurred together after his record-breaking performance steered Manchester City into the Champions League quarter-finals.
The Norway international fired Pep Guardiola s hosts to a 7-0 victory over RB Leipzig at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
With a 7-1 aggregate victory overall, City s dominant efforts saw them help their striker to 39 goals across all competitions for the campaign, breaking the club s single-season record for an individual after almost a century.
But pressed afterwards to pick out his favourite finish of the match, Haaland said he could not recall any of them individually after his heroics in a freewheeling display.
It s all a bit blurry in my head, he t…
Antonio Rudiger said the sanctions placed on Chelsea by the UK government were not the reason behind his decision to leave the club.
Germany defender Rudiger has been a crucial player for Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea but has not agreed to a new contract.
The former Roma centre-back will therefore leave at the end of the season on a free transfer, with Real Madrid his likely destination.
Rudiger has helped Chelsea to four FA Cup finals, winning one, and a Champions League success since joining in 2017. The UEFA Super Cup, Europa League and FIFA Club World Cup are also included in his honours.
When confirming that Rudiger had asked to leave Chelsea in April, Tuchel suggested that the sanctions placed on the club s owner Roman Abramovic in the wake of Russia s i…
Mauricio Pochettino said Chelsea’s status as a big club dictates the style that has helped them loosen their goalscoring inhibitions this season.
With nine Premier League games still to play the team have already scored 15 more goals than they managed in the entirety of the last campaign, when they recorded the club’s lowest return in almost a century.
After failing to find the net in three of Pochettino’s first six games in charge, including consecutive blanks against Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth and Aston Villa, there has been a significant change in the Argentinian’s approach, favouring a more fluid, open style that has seen goals conceded as well as scored.
The 4-3 win against Manchester United on Thursday means there have been a combined 33 goals f…
Harry Kane made little impact as Bayern Munich’s week went from bad to worse following a shock 1-0 loss in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash with Lazio.
Ciro Immobile’s second-half penalty proved the difference at Stadio Olimpico to pile pressure on Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel on the back of a damaging 3-0 defeat at title rivals Bayer Leverkusen.
England captain Kane, who is one short of reaching 50 club goals in European competition, barely touched the ball during a tight battle between two former Chelsea managers in the Italian capital.
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Karim Benzema will hope to build upon a return to the international scoresheet when France take on Switzerland in the last 16 of Euro 2020.
Benzema netted both his team s goals in 2-2 draw with Portugal that secured top spot in Group F for Les Bleus last time out – his first since the end of an exile from the national team that began in 2015.
In his only previous appearance against Switzerland at the 2014 World Cup, the 33-year-old Real Madrid forward scored twice and supplied an assist in a resounding 5-2 win.
Indeed, this will be the fifth meeting between the teams at a major tournament and France are unbeaten in the previous four, with their most recent encounter at Euro 2016 finishing goalless.
If the identity of a France front three featuring Benze…
John Barnes backed Liverpool for a top-three Premier League finish next season, although the Reds great believes the title race will be between Arsenal and Manchester City again.
Pep Guardiola s City overcame Arsenal in a two-horse title tussle last campaign, with Mikel Arteta s Gunners already strengthening for next term by signing Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Jurrien Timber.
Jurgen Klopp s side were far from their best in the 2021-22 season but battled to a fifth-place finish to secure Europa League football for the upcoming campaign.
Liverpool have bolstered their midfield options by bringing in Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, with Barnes expecting the Reds to return to the top four this time round.
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