– and thought Giggs call was wind-up
the biggest games and biggest tournaments. I was involved building up to the [2016] Euros, but didn’t get the nod and it was a massive d i s a p - p o i n t - ment not to be involved.
“But that’s football. These things happen. Managers have opinions so I can’t complain the manager p i c k e d other playe r s b e c a u s e we had g o o d players in my position as well.” Wales take on Denmark in Aarhus today in their second UEFA Nations League fixture, during which Dummett will hope to make his first competitive start for his nation.
However, their preparations for the Denmark game were thrown into turmoil when a technical problem with their plane left them grounded at Cardiff Airport.
Ryan Giggs’ squad were facing the nightmare scenario of not being able to arrive in Aarhus until 1am this morning – just 16 hours before kick-off – after a new charter plane had to be ordered to take them to Denmark.
Aircraft technicians failed to fix the fault and the earliest the Wales squad could leave Cardiff on a new plane was at 8pm local time.
The late nature of the flight meant that the squad were unable to land at Aarhus airport.
Plans were being made to land at another airport, possibly Copenhagen nearly 200 miles away, and bus the players to Aarhus. Ryan Giggs shocked Paul Dummett with recall for Wales