Bodin names first Wales U-21 squad
NEW Wales Under-21 manager Paul Bodin has named a 20-strong squad to face Belgium and Germany in his side’s opening UEFA U21 Euro 2021 qualifiers at the Racecourse in Wrexham.
Bodin has called on the experience of nine players involved in the previous U21 qualifying campaign, including Mark Harris, Cameron Coxe and Regan Poole, the mostestablished squad member as he enters his third campaign with the squad.
Despite being new faces to the squad, Bodin will be familiar with Adam Przybek, Jack Vale and Brennan Johnson after managing them in the UEFA U19 Euro Elite Round last March in the Netherlands.
Other players from that U19 campaign including George Ratcliffe and Ben Cabango, will already be familiar with the U21 environment after facing Albania with the side in June.
Ben Williams, Dylan Levitt and Terry Taylor will be taking part in their first U21 camp. Williams and Levitt were selected by Ryan Giggs for the senior squad to face Croatia and Hungary in June, while 18-yearold Terry Taylor, the youngest player selected by Bodin, was part of a senior squad training camp in May.
Wales U21s will face Belgium U21s on Friday, September 6 (1700BST) and Germany U21s on Tuesday, September 10 (1900BST). Both games will be played at The Racecourse, Wrexham, tickets are available online.
Adam Przybek (Ipswich Town), George
Wales Under 21 squad:
Ratcliffe (Barry Town United - on loan from Cardiff City), Regan Poole (MK Dons), Cameron Coxe (Cardiff City), Rhys Norrington-Davies (Rochdale - on loan from Sheffield United) Ben Williams (Barnsley), Brandon Cooper (Swansea City), Ben Cabango (Swansea City), Jack Evans (Swansea City), Harry Clifton (Grimsby Town), Daniel Mooney (Fleetwood Town), Mark Harris (Wrexham - on loan from Cardiff City), Jack Vale (Blackburn Rovers), Niall Huggins (Leeds United), Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest), Dylan Levitt (Manchester United), Liam Cullen (Swansea City), Terry Taylor (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Nathan Broadhead (Burton Albion - on loan from Everton), Aaron Lewis (Lincoln City)