{"id":31855,"date":"2023-03-14T17:20:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=31855"},"modified":"2023-03-14T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:20:15","slug":"aaron-ramsey-named-new-wales-captain-as-wales-manager-rob-page-announces-his-first-squad-since-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/aaron-ramsey-named-new-wales-captain-as-wales-manager-rob-page-announces-his-first-squad-since-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"New players, a new captain and a new generation for the Welsh national team.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wales Men&#8217;s Football manager, Rob Page, has announced his first Wales squad since the World Cup and named Aaron Ramsey as his captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">Cyflwyno Capten Cymru\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronramsey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aaronramsey<\/a> \ud83e\udee1<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TogetherStronger?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TogetherStronger<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4C9Abyvtml\">pic.twitter.com\/4C9Abyvtml<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wales \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f (@Cymru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cymru\/status\/1635635622680338435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Caerphilly born Ramsey picks up the armband again after being named as Wales&#8217; youngest ever captain under Gary Speed in 2010. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At a press conference at St.Fagan&#39;s, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAWales?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FAWales<\/a> manager Rob Page names <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronramsey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aaronramsey<\/a> as his new skipper. \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f\u26bd\ufe0f<br>He says its a &#39;natural progression&#39; for him to have the armband <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FlUG2hAkle\">pic.twitter.com\/FlUG2hAkle<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CJS News (@BroadcastCJS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroadcastCJS\/status\/1635688215611945000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s Rob Page&#8217;s first selection since the international retirements of squad mainstays Joe Allen, Chris Gunter, Jonny Williams and captain Gareth Bale.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four uncapped players come into the squad with a new look to the national team ; Birmingham\u2019s Jordan James, Fulham\u2019s Luke Harris, Ipswich\u2019s Nathan Broadhead and Swansea\u2019s Ollie Cooper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Millwall striker Tom Bradshaw has also received his first call-up in 5 years after scoring 13 goals in the championship so far this season.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Rob Page says the new look squad doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re expecting standards to drop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the start of something special again for us. 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