Wales players back Page after 'unjustified' boos

Wales’ players person offered their support to Rob Page aft nan head was booed by fans pursuing Thursday’s woeful tie pinch minnows Gibraltar.

The goalless friends tie successful Portugal against a Gibraltar broadside classed 203rd successful nan world prompted an angry consequence from travelling supporters, immoderate of whom chanted, “We want Page out”.

Page, who has been criticised earlier successful his tenure, said he understood why he was jeered, but Ipswich Town midfielder Wes Burns and Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Tom King defended their boss.

“We’re afloat down nan manager. We afloat support everything he and his unit are doing,” said King, who made his debut arsenic a half-time substitute against Gibraltar.

“The boos are a small spot unjustified but we’re victims of our ain success. We’ve been highly successful complete nan past fewer years, we were 1 footwear distant from different awesome tourney [having missed retired connected Euro 2024 qualification aft a punishment shootout conclusion by Poland successful March].

King acknowledged that Wales' show successful nan Gibraltar tie had been "below nan level".

"But if you’re talking astir what’s coming successful nan future, young players, there’s a existent group of young players coming through," he added.

“I wish location weren’t nan boos, that taints it (his debut) a bit, but nan fans are entitled to their opinion. They want to spot goals, they want to spot action and they’ve travelled a agelong way.”

Burns started nan crippled against Gibraltar, played astatine Estadio Do Algarve adjacent Faro successful Portugal, to gain his seventh elder headdress for Wales.

Asked if he and nan remainder of nan squad backed Page, Burns said: “Yeah, 100%. He’s done unbelievable things pinch this group. After you’ve been truthful successful successful years gone by, group presume you’ll ever do well.

“Sometimes you person to artifact retired nan extracurricular noise. As a group, we cognize what we’ve achieved successful nan past and what we tin execute going forward.

“Sometimes it tin beryllium frustrating – they (Wales' fans) person travelled each this measurement and want to spot america triumph and people goals. But we’ve sewage to beryllium diligent and nan fans request to activity pinch america connected that. We’re a young group and we’re each coming together.”