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Aaron Ramsey’s absence through injury means there is no senior Cardiff City representative in the Wales squad for the Nations League games in Iceland on Friday and home to Montenegro next Monday.

Ramsey has been pictured training with Wales but is not expected to finish his rehabilitation for between three and four weeks, according to Cardiff interim boss Omer Riza.

His club-mate Rubin Colwill is with the Wales Under-21 squad preparing for their key Euro 2025 qualifier against Czech Republic on Friday.

Two more members of Riza’s current squad, Cian Ashford and Tom Davies, are also with the Under-21s.

Callum Robinson will remain at Cardiff during the international having been omitted from the Republic of Ireland squad, though Callum O’Dowda is involved in Nations League games away in Finland on Thursday and Greece on Sunday.

He could come up against Cardiff colleague Manolis Siopis in the Greece fixture.

The Greeks also face England at Wembley on Thursday.

Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath has been named in Mauricio Pochettino’s first USA squad, for friendlies against Panama on Sunday and Mexico a week on Wednesday.

And Cardiff midfielder Andy Rinomhota has been called up by Zimbabwe for two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Namibia, on Thursday and next Monday.

Summer signing Jesper Daland, meanwhile, is not in the Norway squad in this international window having only returned from an injury lay-off in Cardiff’s weekend draw at Bristol City.

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