Bellamy names keeper Darlow in first Wales squad

New caput coach Craig Bellamy has named Leeds United goalkeeper Karl Darlow successful his first Wales squad, while location are recalls for Ollie Cooper, Sorba Thomas and Mark Harris.

England-born erstwhile Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United subordinate Darlow, 33, is included arsenic injured seasoned stopper Wayne Hennessey - who is presently without a nine - and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Tom King miss out.

Midfielder Joe Morrell, different subordinate without a club, is not successful nan 24-man squad, while Cardiff City’s Rubin Colwill is among a number of younger players not included having been progressive successful summertime friendlies against Gibraltar and Slovakia nether erstwhile leader Rob Page.

Bellamy leads Wales for nan first clip successful Nations League games against Turkey successful Cardiff connected Friday, 6 September and in Montenegro 3 days later, having been named successor to Page successful July.

Darlow will compete pinch Huddersfield Town's Danny Ward – who played his first nine crippled successful 17 months connected Tuesday – and Sheffield United's Adam Davies for nan goalkeeping position successful Bellamy’s Wales team.

Currently 2nd prime to Islian Meslier astatine Leeds, Darlow turned down nan chance to correspond Wales successful 2013 and 2018.

He is nan grandson of Ken Leek, who was a personnel of Wales’ 1958 World Cup squad.

Darlow is 1 of 2 uncapped players called up by Bellamy alongside left-back Owen Beck, who joined Blackburn Rovers connected indebtedness from Liverpool this week.

Swansea City midfielder Cooper and striker Harris, who has made a good commencement to nan Championship play pinch promoted Oxford United, are called up for nan first clip successful much than a year.

Winger Thomas besides returns having started 2024-25 positively pinch Nantes aft joining nan French top-flight broadside connected indebtedness from Huddersfield.

Liverpool teen Lewis Koumas retains his spot having impressed successful nan opening weeks of a season-long indebtedness astatine Stoke City, but Colwill, Fin Stevens, Joe Low, Charlie Crew, Charlie Savage and Matt Baker each driblet retired having been progressive successful Page’s last squad successful June.

They are apt to characteristic for Wales Under-21s against Iceland connected 10 September, pinch Matty Jones owed to sanction his squad connected Thursday.

Ipswich Town brace Wes Burns and Nathan Broadhead are absent for Turkey and Montenegro done injury, arsenic is Bournemouth’s David Brooks.

Coventry City left-back Jay Dasilva misses retired contempt winning his first Wales caps successful nan summer, pinch nan likes of Dylan Levitt and Tom Bradshaw besides overlooked.

Wales: Danny Ward, Adam Davies, Karl Darlow, Ben Davies, Owen Beck, Joe Rodon, Chris Mepham, Ben Cabango, Neco Williams, Connor Roberts, Jordan James, Ethan Ampadu, Josh Sheehan, Aaron Ramsey, Ollie Cooper, Sorba Thomas, Kieffer Moore, Lewis Koumas, Brennan Johnson, Harry Wilson, Daniel James, Mark Harris, Liam Cullen, Rabbi Matondo