Rob Page ‘absolutely’ adamant he will lead Wales into Euro 2024 play-offs
Rob Page insists he is the man to take Wales forward despite missing out on automatic qualification for Euro 2024 (Joe Giddens/PA)
Rob Page says he is “absolutely” the right man to lead Wales in the Euro 2024 play-offs despite his position being under review.
Page has already started planning for the March play-offs and will attend Thursday’s draw in Switzerland when Wales will learn the identity of their semi-final opponents.
Football Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney cast doubts over Page’s future last month by saying a “serious review” would take place after the final qualifiers “when everything will be settled”.
Rob Page applauds the Wales fans following their 1-1 draw with Turkey in Cardiff on Tuesday (Joe Giddens/PA)
Asked after Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Turkey whether he was confident of being the manager to lead Wales towards the Euros, Page gave an emphatic one-word response: “Absolutely.”
On the next few months, he added: “It’s about planning now. I’m off to the draw and we’ll have a staff meeting next week.
“I’ll get the coaches together, probably the week after. We’ll have a review of the camp, if I can say that.
“The planning starts and then I’ll be out watching players.”
Page signed a four-year contract in September 2022 which runs until the 2026 World Cup.
Wales eventually finished third in their Euro 2024 qualifying group after a roller-coaster campaign that saw them take four points from World Cup semi-finalists Croatia but only one off Armenia, ranked 95 in the world.
Turkey and Croatia claimed the two automatic qualifying places as Wales were once more left to contest the play-offs after successfully navigating them to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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