SORBA’S IN DREAMLAND AFTER WALES CALL
SORBA Thomas is pinching himself after completing the journey from scaffolder and part-time footballer to the Wales squad with a call-up that left his mother in tears.
Newham-born Thomas was playing non-league football for Boreham Wood at the start of the year before landing a January move to Huddersfield.
The 22-year-old did not start a league game for the Terriers until this term but, having built up his pre-season fitness with long beach runs at Porthcawl, Thomas was named the Sky Bet Championship player of the month for August.
Even better was to come as Thomas – who qualifies for Wales through his Newport-born mother Gail – was called up by Dragons boss Robert Page for this week’s World Cup qualifying double-header in the Czech Republic and Estonia.
“Sometimes I pinch myself to make sure it’s not all a dream,” Thomas said ahead of Friday’s clash with the Czechs in Prague.
“Guys I used to watch on TV or play as on FIFA not long ago are now standing right next to me. It’s an amazing feeling.
“I always said from a young boy I wanted to play for Wales.
“The fact Rob Page came to see me play and I’m here right now in a Wales polo shirt is a dream come true. I was told I had been selected for Wales on the day of a (Huddersfield) game.
“I was sitting in my hotel room and the first thing I did was call my mum and I had her crying to me on the phone.
“It showed me how much it meant for me, but for her it was massive.” Wales boss Page has called up Will Vaulks and Ben Cabango for the World Cup qualifiers against Czech Republic and Estonia.
The pair replace Sheffield United’s Rhys Norrington-Davies and Luton Town’s Tom Lockyer who have withdrawn from the squad due to injury.