Ramsey Relegated To Under-21 Duty

Monday, 08 September 08, 07:20 PM · Comments(0)

Welsh youngster Aaron Ramsey been withdrawn from his country's senior squad ahead of their upcoming World Cup qualifier against Russia...

Ramsey was part of John Toshack's squad for Saturday's qualifying win against Azerbaijan and appeared set to retain his place for the trip to Moscow this week.

However, the plight of the Wales under-21 team has seen the Arsenal midfielder travel to Romania in a desperate bid to resurrect the Young Dragons' hopes of reaching the European Championship finals.

Although Ramsey, 17, is well down the pecking order in the senior set-up, a lengthy injury list and Paul Parry's international retirement has already left the Wales squad looking a little thin.

But while Toshack admitted he was loath to omit one of Wales' most promising young talents, he is confident it was the right decision.

"I don't like this part of the job," the former Liverpool forward said in The Telegraph. "I had to tell him I felt it would be better if he had 90 minutes with the under-21 side in Romania rather than go to Moscow and sit on the bench.

"Like every young player he wanted to be involved against Azerbaijan at the weekend and he wanted to go to Moscow. But he is only 17 and we had six under-21 players on the field in the end in Cardiff on Saturday. Maybe, one more was too many.

"If we were an experienced international side and it was just a case of one or two players aged 17 and 18, that's different."

Cecil Braun

Ramsey Relegated To Under-21 Duty

Welsh youngster Aaron Ramsey been withdrawn from his country's senior squad ahead of their upcoming World Cup qualifier against Russia...

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