{"id":290063,"date":"2023-10-04T16:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290063"},"modified":"2023-10-04T16:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:24:04","slug":"ex-united-starlet-savage-receives-wales-call-up-with-mullen-on-standby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/ex-united-starlet-savage-receives-wales-call-up-with-mullen-on-standby\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-United starlet Savage receives Wales call-up with Mullen on standby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Robbie Savage&#8217;s son and former Man United starlet Charlie receives his first Wales call-up as Wrexham star Paul Mullen is put on standby for upcoming clashes with Gibraltar and Croatia<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charlie Savage was handed a first senior call up having played at youth level\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Mullin scored his first two goals of the campaign against Crewe Alexandra<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The friendly with Gibraltar will be played at Wrexham&#8217;s Racecourse Ground<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click HERE to listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Manchester United starlet Charlie Savage has been handed a first call up to Rob Page&#8217;s squad, with Wales in action against Gibraltar and Croatia later this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Savage has been in good form at the start of the 2023-24 campaign for Reading, with a goal and an assist in his 10 League One starts, although the Royals are languishing in 22nd place.<\/p>\n<p>The United academy product &#8211; and son of Robbie Savage &#8211; has played eight times across three age group sides for Wales but is yet to represent the national team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On standby for Page&#8217;s side will be Wrexham&#8217;s star striker Paul Mullin, who the manager was full of praise for at his squad announcement on Wednesday &#8211; with the clash against Gibraltar taking place at the Racecourse Ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;Paul is on standby for the squad. I watched Paul Mullin against Sheffield United last year, and Jack Lester \u2013 my coach, who was at Sheffield United at the time \u2013 sang his praises.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/16\/76165655-12593815-image-a-48_1696432969724.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ex-Man United starlet Charlie Savage is included in the Welsh senior squad for the first time<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/16\/76165651-12593815-image-a-47_1696432961644.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rob Page is under pressure and his side will take on Gibraltar and Croatia later in October<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/16\/76165653-12593815-image-a-46_1696432959808.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Paul Mullin has been put on standby by Page for the upcoming clashes after scoring his first two goals of the season<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve had a few conversations about Paul, so the next step is he&#8217;s now on standby and he&#8217;s one step away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We monitor the Welsh players, and Paul is certainly one we&#8217;ve taken note of \u2013 and he deserves that. This is the next step of his development.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wales captain Aaron Ramsey and Brennan Johnson will miss next week&#8217;s vital Euro 2024 qualifier against Croatia, with the Dragons likely needing to avoid defeat and win their other two games to reach the tournament proper in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Both players have been omitted from Page&#8217;s squad for their friendly against Gibraltar on October 11 and Group D qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium on October 15.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey damaged his right knee in training last month and there are fears the 32-year-old midfielder may need surgery after missing Cardiff&#8217;s last five games.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham&#8217;s Johnson sustained a hamstring injury in his side&#8217;s recent 2-2 draw at Arsenal and sat out Saturday&#8217;s win against Liverpool, and their absence is a huge blow to Wales, who side sit fourth after winning only two of their first five matches.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson had been expected to be included after Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou said before the Liverpool game that his injury was &#8216;nothing too serious&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Wales are also without QPR defender Morgan Fox and Rangers winger Rabbi Matondo (both knee), while Liverpool defender Owen Beck joins Savage in receiving a first senior team call-up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/16\/76165807-12593815-image-a-50_1696433189425.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Captain Aaron Ramsey is out with a knee injury with fears that he may require surgery<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/16\/76165797-12593815-image-a-49_1696433182794.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brennan Johnson picked up a minor hamstring issue for Tottenham in a 2-2 draw with Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>Leeds winger Daniel James returns to the squad after missing last month&#8217;s Euro 2024 qualifying victory in Latvia.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth striker Kieffer Moore is available for the Croatia game after missing the last two Euro qualifiers due to the red card he received against Armenia in June.<\/p>\n<p>Page eased some of the pressure on him last month with Wales&#8217; 2-0 victory in Latvia.<\/p>\n<p>But his side still face an uphill battle to secure automatic qualification for next summer&#8217;s finals in Germany through a top-two finish.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12593815\/Robbie-Savages-Man-United-Charlie-WalesWrexham-Paul-Mullen-Gibraltar-Croatia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robbie Savage&#8217;s son and former Man United starlet Charlie receives his first Wales call-up as Wrexham star Paul Mullen is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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