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Ewan Paton

Rangers ace Tom Lawrence handed shock Wales recall

Rangers player Tom Lawrence has been recalled to the Wales national team.

Craig Bellamy has drafted the attacking midfielder into his squad for the country's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and North Macedonia.

The games will be played during the international break next week.

And despite having been out of the picture for over four years, Lawrence will be part of the Welsh set up.

The former Manchester United kid has 23 caps to his name for Wales - the last of which came in March 2021 in a friendly victory over Mexico.


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There had been rumours that Rob Page and Lawrence didn't see eye-to-eye, and that's why the Rangers ace was not included in previous squads. 

However, Page did address these rumours last year before leaving his post, as he quashed any suggestion there was a breakdown in their relationship.

Lawrence will be joined by fellow Rangers teammate Rabbi Matondo. 

The winger is currently on loan at Bundesliga 2 side Hannover 96.

Wales international squad in full: 

Danny WARD (Leicester City), Karl DARLOW (Leeds United), Adam DAVIES (Sheffield United), Ben DAVIES (Tottenham Hotspur), Joe RODON (Leeds United), Chris MEPHAM (Sunderland- on loan from Bournemouth), Ben CABANGO (Swansea City), Connor ROBERTS (Burnley), Neco WILLIAMS (Nottingham Forest), Jay DASILVA (Coventry City), Tom LAWRENCE (Rangers), Joe ALLEN (Swansea City), Josh SHEEHAN (Bolton Wanderers), Jordan JAMES (Stade Rennais), Ollie COOPER (Swansea City), Kai ANDREWS (Motherwell- on loan from Coventry City), Sorba THOMAS (Nantes- on loan from Huddersfield Town), David BROOKS (Bournemouth), Kieffer MOORE (Sheffield United), Brennan JOHNSON (Tottenham Hotspur), Daniel JAMES (Leeds United), Liam CULLEN (Swansea City), Nathan BROADHEAD (Ipswich Town), Mark HARRIS (Oxford United), Lewis KOUMAS (Stoke City- on loan from Liverpool), Rabbi MATONDO (Hannover 96- on loan from Rangers). 

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