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Wales manager Rob Page says he has “sympathy” for goalkeeper Danny Ward and says he “understands” why he opted not to leave the Foxes despite a lack of game time this season.
Wales’ first choice goalkeeper has not played a single minute of football for Leicester all season.
All four of Wales’ goalkeepers picked for their Euro 2024 play-off games are out of favour with their clubs.
“It’s hard sometimes to just get out of a club, I understand that,” Page said.
Wales’ goalkeeping situation is Page’s biggest cause for concern as his side prepare to face Finland on Thursday, 21 May at the Cardiff City Stadium, with the winners then facing Poland or Estonia in Cardiff on Tuesday, 26 May in a winner-takes-all final, with a place in Germany at Euro 2024 up for grabs.
Ward has not been playing at Leicester, back-up Wayne Hennessey has not played any games for Nottingham Forest this season and Tom King has also not played since moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers last summer.
Sheffield United’s Adam Davies has made a solitary appearance this season, but that was in the EFL Cup in August.
Wales boss Page previously told BBC Sport Wales that he wanted to influence his players not playing regularly to move clubs in January.
Several players, such as defender Connor Roberts, midfielder David Brooks and striker Kieffer Moore, were able to secure loan moves in order to increase their game time, but Ward stayed with Leicester.
