Wales take the latest transitional step on their road to life without Gareth Bale this weekend and the chairman of the nation’s biggest domestic club believes he has a proposal to ensure they can remain major tournament participants in the long-term.
Rob Page’s team face Armenia and Turkey in the next four days as they aim to reach next summer’s European Championship without their greatest ever player.
But Mike Harris, the chairman of 15-times champions The New Saints, is calling on the FA of Wales to include at least one player from their Premier League in an attempt to begin turning the domestic game into a stronger force and eventually produce a conveyor belt of ready-made international calibre stars.