Gareth Bale is fired up for a final shot at World Cup glory but could retire from Wales along with Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen if they miss out.
That is the view of former Wales captain Ashley Williams who is close pals with his ex-team-mates and reckons the trio will have already made up their minds. Williams is rooting for his old side who face Austria in Cardiff on Thursday in a huge one-legged play-off semi-final.
Victory would mean Rob Page’s men will face either Scotland or Ukraine in June for a place at Qatar this winter but defeat and the dream of Wales’ first World Cup appearance since 1958 is over. And with it, potentially, the distinguished international careers of centurion Bale, 32, Ramsey, 31, and Allen, 32, who have helped Wales to the last two Euros.