Wales confirm 26-men squad for the World Cup: Bale & Ramsey lead, Dan James in

Joe Allen has been included in Wales' 26-man World Cup squad, having proven his fitness ahead of the tournament in Qatar.

Allen, with 72 caps, has been part of so much of Wales' success stories of the recent past but a hamstring injury has kept him out of contention for Swansea City since mid-September.

Head coach Rob Page has named the 32-year-old among his list of midfielders, with Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey both unsurprisingly included despite relatively little game-time this season.

Bale has only played 327 minutes for Los Angeles FC since his move to Major League Soccer in July, but he scored in the MLS Cup penalty shoot-out success last weekend against Philadelphia Union.

Ramsey scored on his debut for Nice in August but has since only made six starts for the Ligue 1 club.

Elsewhere, Sheffield United goalkeeper Adam Davies has only received three caps but is included again having been the third-choice stopper behind Danny Ward and Wayne Hennessey at the delayed Euro 2020 Championships.

Page told Sky Sports: "With Joe Allen, we're going to throw everything at him to give him the best opportunity of getting in the first game.

"He's been involved with Wales for years and he's really important to how we want to play."

Page admits leaving Rhys Norrington-Davies and Tyler Roberts out of his World Cup squad were two of the toughest decisions he had to make.

Norrington-Davies' absence has been enforced by a hamstring injury, while Roberts has just one goal in 12 Championship appearances for QPR this season.