Page right man for Wales, says Euro 2016 hero Vokes

Former Wales striker Sam Vokes believes Robert Page should stay successful complaint of nan nationalist team, astatine slightest for nan remainder of 2024.

Despite unit from fans pursuing caller results, Vokes thinks nan Football Association of Wales (FAW) will instrumentality pinch Page for nan autumn's Nations League campaign.

Senior figures person yet to remark connected Page's position aft a goalless tie pinch Gibraltar and 4-0 conclusion successful Slovakia, but said they “review each campy and bespeak properly” aft immoderate world window.

"I personally still consciousness for illustration he's nan correct man," Wycombe guardant Vokes told nan Elis James Feast of Football podcast.

"I consciousness for illustration nan lads fto him down a small spot complete nan past 2 games.

"I cognize lads that are still progressive successful nan campy and they for illustration him arsenic head and want to play for him."

Page, who is contracted until 2026, was booed by immoderate travelling fans during some this month's friendlies, starring nan Wales leader to opportunity “they (Wales’ fans) want maine out. I wholly understand".

"It's horrible to perceive astatine immoderate any level," said Vokes who was portion of nan Wales squad that reached nan semi-final of Euro 2016.

"Fans are wholly entitled to their views, particularly nan fans that recreation nan miles that Wales fans do, and sometimes put up pinch nan results for illustration that.

"I cognize he [Page] is taking it connected his ain shoulders pinch nan comments aft nan game. He's taking nan unit disconnected nan lads, he's put it connected himself and benignant of said to nan fans 'it's connected me'."

Wales missed retired connected qualification for this summer's Euro 2025 finals successful Germany aft losing a play-off last against Poland connected penalties.

Their adjacent fixtures are astatine location against Turkey and distant to Montenegro successful September, earlier 4 further fixtures successful October and November successful a Nations League Division B group which besides includes Iceland.

"Coming up now pinch nan adjacent fixtures we've sewage successful nan Nation's League it's really a awesome clip for us," said Vokes.

"It's not evidently a qualification tournament, it's benignant of seen arsenic a secondary benignant of tourney nan Nations League, and I deliberation that's a awesome clip for him to get that - I don't want to opportunity that buzz backmost because we've ever sewage it arsenic a federation erstwhile we move up astatine lucifer time - but benignant of get that emotion backmost that we tin spell and do thing and qualify."

And Vokes, who scored 11 goals successful 68 Wales internationals, believes nan FAW will return nan aforesaid position and springiness Page a chance to create a Wales squad seen arsenic successful transition.

"I do, yes," said Vokes.

"It's really a awesome chance for america without nan unit of going consecutive into a qualification run for a tournament.

"Don't get maine wrong, there's unit and there's 2 reliable games to commencement pinch by nan way.

"We've sewage nan remainder of nan almanac twelvemonth of Nations League and that is simply a bully chance to instrumentality pinch him and spot if we get a consequence from nan squad and nan players successful that time."