World Cup Would Be 'icing On Cake' For Wales' Ramsey

Wales skipper Aaron Ramsey said it would beryllium "the icing connected nan cake" if he were to make adjacent summer's World Cup.

After Tuesday's emphatic 7-1 triumph complete North Macedonia, Wales are conscionable 2 games distant from qualifying for nan finals successful nan USA, Canada and Mexico.

Thursday's play-off tie confirmed that Wales will play Bosnia-Herzegovina successful Cardiff successful nan semi-finals, and if they triumph that crippled big nan victor of nan necktie betwixt Italy and Northern Ireland.

But Ramsey, who has scored 21 goals successful 86 appearances for Wales, has not featured for Craig Bellamy's broadside successful 14 months owed to injury.

"There are a batch of things that request to autumn into spot for that [playing astatine nan World Cup] to beryllium a realistic target," nan midfielder told Sky Sports News.

Ramsey did not corroborate he has near Pumas UNAM, amid reports that nan 34-year-old's one-year statement pinch nan Mexican top-flight nine he joined past July has been terminated early.

Pumas are besides yet to corroborate that Ramsey is nary longer their player, though he did propose he is unfastened to joining different club.

"We'll spot now complete nan adjacent mates of weeks. I can't play for anybody until January anyhow truthful we'll spot really things develop," he added.

The ex-Arsenal and Juventus midfielder had said he was "excited by nan challenge" of joining Pumas pursuing his departure from Cardiff City astatine nan extremity of past season, but has only made six appearances owed to wounded problems, pinch nan past coming successful September.

Ramsey's clip successful Mexico was besides marred by nan disappearance of his canine Halo, pinch nan family offering a reward for accusation astir his whereabouts.

Bellamy said Ramsey "still has a batch to offer" and will beryllium hoping to person him fresh for that one-legged play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina connected 26 March.

Wales person secured location advantage for some nan semi-final and a imaginable final, pinch Ramsey saying nan fans astatine Cardiff City Stadium "have been huge".

"They've much than played their part. They've been connected this travel pinch america passim nan highs and lows," he told TalkSport.

"When we're playing astatine location it's conscionable incredible, particularly nan anthem astatine nan opening erstwhile nan euphony goes off, it's a spine-tingling moment.

"If you can't get up for a crippled of shot aft proceeding that past you're successful trouble."

Ramsey had been Cardiff interim head for nan last 3 games of nan 2024-25 play but was incapable to forestall nan Bluebirds' relegation from nan Championship.

But he said guidance is simply a way he would decidedly for illustration to return aft his playing days.

"I've done my badges, it's thing that I really bask doing," he said.

"I went pinch Wales past week [against Liechtenstein] and had immoderate really bully penetration into everything that goes connected down nan scenes - nan hours, nan effort and nan specifications - that goes into preparing nan boys arsenic champion they tin to execute a crippled plan.

"It's addictive, truthful I decidedly spot myself going into that space."