He was in Wales manager Chris Coleman’s 29-man squad that took part in a training camp in Portugal but, despite impressing in training, the 21-year-old has missed the cut.
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“It will only be good for us if other teams spend all their time just thinking about Gareth”, said Coleman.
“I think it’s good for Aaron if he’s flying under the radar, he won’t have a problem with that”.
“Gareth is probably the best player in the tournament in many people’s opinion, so why can’t we go there and do something? Baleo will tell you how good Aaron Ramsey is”.
Forwards: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading), Sam Vokes (Burnley), Simon Church (Nottingham Forest), David Cotterill (Birmingham City).
“When the pressure is on, we have got to bring it”.
Wales play their first Group B match against Slovakia on June 11, then England five days later and Russian Federation on June 20.
“[Joe] Allen had a little knock in training and at the moment we’re not in a position where we need to gamble, and we’re looking at it with both players as a positive”.
Wales have been drawn in a group alongside England, Russia and Slovakia and will get their campaign underway against the latter on June 11. He can start play on the edge of our box and he can finish it off on the edge of the opposition box, Coleman said. “We know for our fans it’s a huge rivalry, but for us it’s a game where there are points at stake”.
“When it’s all done we can look back and pick the bones out of it but right now we’re going to do whatever we have to do to make sure this tournament is a prolonged one for us”.
“When it does comes off, he can open doors that nobody else can”.
Slotted in well since making his debut in June 2014 and finally established himself at West Brom to get pre-Euro 2016 action.
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Asked about the prospect of leading Wales out in Bordeaux, Williams said: “I’ve thought about it but, to be honest, I try not to get too caught up in any of that”.
