'I will play as long as I can, as long as I'm wanted," said Wales captain Gareth Bale shortly after his team were emphatically dumped out of the World Cup this week.
Questions over the future of Bale, who will be nearly 35 by time the European Championships get underway in 2024, were perhaps inevitable amid the disappointment of the tournament.
Having given so much, the likes of Bale and Aaron Ramsey may well feel they deserve to go out on their own terms. But at the same time, there's an inescapable feeling that Wales are due a rebuild.
