Wales captain Aaron Ramsey has dismissed talks of him retiring after lacking out on Euro 2024 together with his nationwide.
The 33-year-old didn’t come off the bench as his facet misplaced within the play-off closing, creating hypothesis that his time on the large stage could also be over.
However the Cardiff midfielder says he’s eyeing the 2026 World Cup and believes he can nonetheless be at a prime degree in two years time.
Talking forward of the Nations League match in opposition to Turkey, he stated: “It by no means entered my thoughts about stopping. If something, it excites me what this crew are able to.
“It was troublesome for me to not get on and hopefully attempt to assist the crew to qualify.
“That was the factor that was consuming away at me and I felt like there was some unfinished enterprise there.
“That’s positively an purpose of mine, to assist this crew qualify for the subsequent World Cup.
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“The potential on this crew, the age, it’s all optimistic and places us in an important place to try this.”
Craig Bellamy has taken over as supervisor, changing Rob Web page.
The previous winger could have prompt stress on him with Wales so determined to qualify for the World Cup, however Ramsey has spoken extremely of the previous Premier League man.
He added: “I feel the best way that he’s are available and dealt with himself has been so spectacular.
“There’s been numerous data given within the first few days however the boys have carried out rather well to soak up as a lot as they will to date.
“It’s positively going to be a course of in these subsequent six video games earlier than the World Cup qualifiers begin [in March].
“It’s actually aggressive, high-intensity with out the ball, the non-negotiable stuff.
“The way in which he sees the sport is new to numerous us – solely Connor [Roberts, who worked with Bellamy at Burnley] has skilled that earlier than.
“We’re all fairly impressed and hopefully we will implement the issues we’ve been engaged on in these first few video games.”
