Dragon Dan is the man
WC Qualifying, Weds, KO 7.45pm
WALES will reap the benefits this month after Dan James fought to survive in the “deep end” at Manchester United, according to Rob Page.
United ace James started his ninth Premier League game of this campaign against West Ham last weekend.
The winger, who joined United for £15million in June 2019 from Swansea, has vindicated his decision to stay at Oldtrafford in January and fight for his future.
The 23-year-old is now in line to add to his 18 international caps when Wales visit Belgium on Wednesday in their opening World Cup qualifier.
Dragons caretaker Page – in control while boss
Ryan Giggs is absent – said: “DJ played in the past even without playing minutes at club level.
“But it is beneficial for us if you have players coming in who are playing week in, week out.
“He has now got himself back into the team and worked really hard.
“It was always going to be the case with DJ – he went from Swansea playing Championship football to being thrown in the deep end.
“He has gone into a huge club in Man United and impressed rightly so from the start.
“But with a young player you are going to get levels of inconsistency.
“There was speculation in January about if he was going to move on, but he decided not to because he saw the impact he had when he went there and knew that form would return. It’s great for us.”
Wales will look to James and skipper Gareth Bale on the flanks, with David Brooks out because of an ankle injury.