The Football Association of Wales’ chief executive Noel Mooney has confirmed that Rob Page’s position as national team manager will be subject to a review if the Dragons fail to secure automatic qualification to Euro 2024 next month.
Rob Page’s position as Wales manager will be under review following Wales’ European Championship qualifiers against Armenia and Turkey next month, with their automatic qualification hopes Euro 2024 looking bleak ahead of their crunch clash versus Croatia.
The Dragons currently occupy fourth place in the group, and following Croatia’s defeat to Turkey – Page’s side almost certainly need a win over the World Cup semi-finalists on Sunday evening to keep their hopes of a top two finish alive.
Page, who is under contract until 2026, remains determined to take Wales forward, but will require a huge performance from his side against Luka Modric and co, and that’ll be without his captain Aaron Ramsey – who misses out on the camp through injury.
Following on from Wales’ 4-0 friendly win over Gibraltar on Wednesday, FAW chief executive Noel Mooney has confirmed that Page’s position as manager is subject to a review.
“Every camp is reviewed and we will have a more serious review I suppose after the Armenia and Turkey games as then everything will be settled.” he told the BBC.
“We will know if we have achieved what we set out to do, which was to qualify automatically.
“We have to keep winning football matches. We can’t keep losing matches. We have to keep winning. That’s really important.
“We’re really focused on winning games. We’re very focused on qualifying for tournaments and that’s what we need to see in Wales. We’ve reached the top table of world football. We can’t go backwards.”
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The Dragons’ qualifying campaign got off to an almost perfect start with a draw against Croatia and a win against Latvia back in March – just a few months after their torrid World Cup campaign where they were sent crashing out at the group stages.
A disastrous international window in June saw them suffer defeats to both Armenia and Turkey though, which saw their direct qualification hopes dashed – but a win on Sunday could put them back on track.
If they do fail to secure automatic qualification, all hope is not lost. Like their entry to the World Cup, they are likely to have a play-off to fall back on thanks to their Nations League record, but a new manager could be in the dugout if their qualification hopes come down to that.
Here’s how things stand ahead of Wales’ crucial game with Croatia on Sunday #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/h6Cbh14b3w
— BBC Sport Wales (@BBCSportWales) October 12, 2023
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