Rob Page sacked by Wales after miserable results

Rob Page has been sacked as Wales manager.

The 49-year-old has been at the helm for three-and-a-half years, and led Wales to a first World Cup for 64 years, and also oversaw a run to the last 16 of Euro 2020.

However, a poor Euro 2024 qualification campaign has seen Page come under increasing pressure over the last few months, and the miserable friendly displays against Gibraltar and Slovakia saw him feel the ire of supporters, many of whom urged the Football Association of Wales (FAW) to take action.

FAW bosses held talks shortly after the last international break and it was decided that change was needed.

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Noel Mooney, FAW chief executive officer, said: “On behalf of myself and the entire FAW, I extend our heartfelt gratitude to Rob for his commitment and dedication to his roles for the national teams.

“Under Rob Page’s leadership, our Cymru men’s team has achieved significant milestones and victories which have created many incredible memories for our nation, most notably our first World Cup in sixty-four years.

“We remain focused on our FAW value of ‘Excellence’ and look forward to the opportunities for our national teams and Welsh football.”

Dave Adams, FAW chief football officer, added: “I would like to thank Rob for his work with the association over the last seven years, firstly as the U21s head Ccach and then onto the role of Cymru head coach.

“Rob’s work has delivered success reaching the round of 16 at EURO 2020 and qualification to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and during his period we also integrated 18 pathway players into the senior squad. As we move forward this experience will support our objective to consistently qualify our men’s national team to major tournaments.”

FAW president, Steve Williams continued: “I am incredibly grateful for all that Rob has done in his role as Cymru men’s national team manager and I want to put on record my gratitude for taking Cymru to EURO 2020 and the FIFA World Cup.

“Rob’s passion for the country shone through in his visits to schools, clubs and communities across the breadth of Wales. I know Rob was incredibly proud of taking the World Cup squad announcement to his hometown of Tylorstown.”