AARON RAMSEY is out of Wales’ friendly with England at Wembley on Thursday after Juventus put their stars in a bio-secure ‘bubble’.
Two staff members of the Italian giants tested positive for Covid-19 and the Turin club are now in ‘fiduciary isolation’ which means the players ‘can carry out regular training and match activities, but will not be allowed contact with anyone outside the group’.
Ramsey will not play in Wales’ friendly against EnglandCredit: PA:Press Association
Dragons boss Ryan Giggs is hopeful the former Arsenal midfielder will be available for the Nations League away double-header against the Republic of Ireland on Sunday and Bulgaria next Wednesday.
The Football Association of Wales posted on their Twitter account: “Aaron Ramsey is currently unable to join the squad until after the England match.”
The FAW are currently trying to seek clarification from Juve and Uefa over how long Ramsey will be unavailable for.
Ramsey had been due to play in Juve’s Serie A clash with Napoli on Sunday night – but that descended into chaos as the visitors did not turn up.
Napoli confirmed they had been ordered to stay at home by their local health authority after two of their players also tested positive for Covid-19.
Serie A refused to call the game off so Ramsey and Juve turned up at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on their team bus an hour before kick-off.
Under league rules, Andrea Pirlo’s Juve were handed a 3-0 victory when 45 minutes passed from the scheduled kick-off time.
Ramsey has only started once since the start of 2019 – when he scored twice in a 2-0 home win over Hungary last November which secured qualification for Euro 2020.
The 29-year-old had been in contention to captain Wales against Gareth Southgate’s side but Giggs is now likely to pick from Wayne Hennessey or Ben Davies to lead out the Dragons against their arch rivals.
It is another major blow for Giggs, who is already without talisman Gareth Bale as the on-loan Tottenham forward builds up his fitness following a knee injury.
Bale is continuing to train at Spurs in the hope he will be fit and available for Jose Mourinho when they face West Ham on October 17.
Wales are also without West Brom forward Hal Robson-Kanu, who picked up a wrist injury in Sunday’s 2-0 Premier League defeat at Southampton.
Aaron Ramsey scores for Juventus in football training ground match
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
