Wales and Cardiff's Ramsey faces two months out

Wales skipper Aaron Ramsey has been ruled retired for astatine slightest 2 months pinch a hamstring injury.

The Cardiff City midfielder, 33, sustained nan wounded aft coming connected arsenic a substitute during Wales’ 2-1 Nations League triumph successful Montenegro earlier this month.

He missed his club’s 1-0 conclusion astatine Derby County past Saturday arsenic a consequence and could now beryllium unavailable for nan remainder of Wales’ Nations League campaign, which finishes successful November.

“An wounded which will return a fewer weeks. He will person a scan successful 2 weeks,” said Cardiff head Erol Bulut.

“According to nan aesculapian staff, it could beryllium 8 to 10 weeks [out].”

This is nan latest successful a agelong statement of setbacks for Ramsey, who made only 7 convention starts and six substitute appearances for Cardiff past play successful a run ruined by a knee problem.

The erstwhile Arsenal and Juventus playmaker looked to person turned a area this play arsenic he started Cardiff’s first 4 Championship matches earlier playing 72 minutes for Wales successful their goalless tie pinch Turkey.

But Ramsey’s latest absence will beryllium a rustle for Wales and Cardiff, who person been without a raft of players because of injuries astatine different stages astatine nan commencement of this season.

Jamilu Collins and midfielder David Turnbull are adjacent to being backmost to afloat fittingness but Callum Robinson, Kion Etete, Isaak Davies and Jesper Daland are each unavailable for Saturday’s Championship lucifer astatine location to Leeds United.