WALES are holding a four-day training camp next week ahead of their Euro 2024 double-header in June.
Boss Robert Page will assemble 13 EFL players including the likes of Huddersfield’s Sorba Thomas and Oli Cooper of Swansea for the Cardiff get-together which starts next Monday.
AFPRobert Page will begin preparations for June’s Euro 2024 qualifying double-header in Cardiff next week[/caption]
PASorba Thomas, who has been on loan at Blackburn from Huddersfield, is linking up with the Wales squad on Monday[/caption]
The Dragons face Armenia in a crunch Group D qualifier in the Welsh capital on June 16 followed by an away trip to Turkey three days later.
Page wants to keep his squad plying their trade in the Football League ticking over now the domestic season has finished so they are ready to hit the ground running next month.
Wales captain Aaron Ramsey is still in club action with Nice until June 3.
Page’s Premier League stars such as Brennan Johnson of Nottingham Forest and Tottenham’s Ben Davies are also on league duty until Sunday, May 28.
That means they will not travel to the Dragons’ Vale HQ on the outskirts of Cardiff for the camp.
Luton hero Tom Lockyer will also be unavailable due to his involvement in the Championship play-off final against Coventry on May 27 at Wembley.
Wales opened their bid to reach the Germany finals with a 1-1 draw in Croatia and a 1-0 home win over Latvia back in March.
And there will be another friendly face around the camp too.
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Former Dragons defender Chris Gunter will work alongside boss Robert Page as a national team development coach.
Gunter linked up with the Welsh coaching staff in a short-term role for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Croatia and Latvia in March.
But the 109-cap full-back will return in an official part-time capacity to support the next generation, starting with the June fixtures.