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Bale leads Wales’s Euro 2016 roster; Ledley in with broken leg

The 29-year-old was a doubt for the tournament in France after he suffered a fracture of the fibula in Palace’s 2-1 Premier League win over Stoke City on May 7.

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Coleman will cut six players from that list and name his final 23-man squad for the June 10-July 10 tournament on Tuesday.

King joined up with the Wales squad at their pre-Euros training camp in Portugal after a whirlwind end to the season.

“This is telling players they are not taking part in this huge tournament a whole nation is looking forward to”.

“We won’t be underestimating anyone, but we believe we can get out of the group and, if we apply ourselves, who knows what can happen?”

In fact, seeing Gareth Bale win his second Champions League medal for Real Madrid on Saturday inspired some Welsh fans to start dreaming of Euro 2016 glory.

Wales open their European Championship campaign against Slovakia in Bordeaux on June 11 before meeting England in Lens five days later.

Joe Ledley has won his fitness fight to make Wales’ Euro 2016 squad.

“We went through a period where we were nearly unbeatable – we had a great run of results, “But since we’ve qualified we’ve kind of tailed off a little bit”.

However all three Eagles will travel to France under the stewardship of former Palace defender Coleman, which will be the Red Dragons’ first appearance in a major finals since 1958. “Baleo will tell you how good Aaron Ramsey is”. Gareth doesn’t care, he’s got that personality where he just gets on with it.

Been around the squad for years, but the goalkeeper only made his debut against Holland last November.

“He can do things in the position he plays that other players can’t do”. “Everybody wants to be a part of it, but not everybody can be”, Coleman said.

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The experienced Palace man, who recovered from a fractured leg to make the squad, is a tireless worker who dovetails well with Allen in central midfield.

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