Under-fire Page 'low' as fans turn on Wales boss

Rob Page says he felt “low” aft facing much boos from Wales fans pursuing a 4-0 thrashing successful Slovakia which heaped unit connected nan beleaguered manager.

Page was fixed a dispute reception by Wales’ 1,000 supporters successful Trnava, having been subjected to chants calling for his sacking past Thursday aft a humiliating goalless friends tie pinch minnows Gibraltar successful Portugal.

The 49-year-old is contracted until 2026 but admits his early is retired of his hands, pinch these results raising caller doubts aft a disappointing play successful which Wales grounded to suffice for Euro 2024.

“They [fans] want maine out. I wholly understand. I’ve sewage to enactment existent to myself and focused connected nan occupation successful hand. Everything other is retired of my control,” Page told BBC Sport Wales aft the 4-0 loss.

“I clapped them pinch nan players and erstwhile nan players walked, I made a constituent of going complete to nan supporters and saying ‘it’s connected me’. I get nan frustration.

“[I feel] low, disappointed, of course. I’m quality astatine nan extremity of nan time and cipher wants to fail.”

Asked if these results could person a base connected his future, Page added: “I’m nan incorrect personification to beryllium asking. Only nan board, nan main executive, nan president, nan method head – that’s a mobility for them.

“After camp, we person a speech pinch Dave Adams [Football Association of Wales method director] and Steve [Williams, FAW president] and Noel [Mooney, FAW main executive]. Of people we’ll person those conversations.

“One measurement aliases nan other, we will determine connected what’s correct for Wales and move forward.”

Senior figures astatine nan FAW person yet to remark connected Page’s position but said they “review each campy and bespeak properly” arsenic they do aft immoderate world window.

However, location was an aerial of resignation to Page arsenic he conducted his post-match interviews successful Trnava.

Although friends matches would not usually find a manager’s future, these results followed a 12-month play which included an embarrassing location conclusion by Armenia and consequent nonaccomplishment to suffice for Euro 2024 which prompted disapproval for Page.

If he is to enactment successful post, Wales’ adjacent crippled will beryllium successful nan Nations League successful September astatine location to Turkey, 1 of nan teams who pipped them to Euros qualification.

“The shape coming into it has been each correct but erstwhile you tie against Gibraltar and you get beaten pinch nan goals we person tonight, questions are going to beryllium asked. I wholly understand that,” said Page.

“I’m conscionable focused connected what I request to do. This campy served its intent – to play a different statement – and we scheme now for September.”