Craig Bellamy calls QPR, Crystal Palace and Fulham stars up for Wales duty

A number of London club players have been selected for Wales international duty as the Dragons prepare for a vital World Cup qualifying play-off or two.

Craig Bellamy’s side managed to secure second place in their World Cup qualifying group, behind Belgium, landing themselves a play-off spot. They will face Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Cardiff City Stadium on March 26 for the chance to progress to the final.

Should they progress, they would host the winner of the other semi-final in that bracket, which is between Italy and Northern Ireland. The winner of that final will bag themselves a spot in the World Cup this summer, which is hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Wales are in search of a second successive World Cup qualification having qualified for the last World Cup, in Qatar, and that was their first World Cup qualification in more than half a century.

But Bosnia and Herzegovina are no pushovers, in fact, they only lost once during their qualifying campaign, albeit with a lesser group than Wales had, on paper, with Austra winning that group.

Ahead of the semi-finals - and potentially the final - Bellamy has announced his Wales squad, and within it are a number of London club representatives.

Rhys Norrington-Davies, on loan at QPR from Sheffield United, Fulham’s Harry Wilson and Crystal Palace’s Brennan Johnson have made the cut. Tottenham’s Ben Davies is out until April after an ankle surgery and is not available.

Wales will be hoping Wilson continues his red-hot form, with the Fulham star having scored a hat-trick in his last appearance for his country, a 7-1 win over North Macedonia.

Here is the Wales squad in full:

K Darlow (Leeds), D Ward (Wrexham), A Davies (Sheff Utd), T King (Everton), B Cabango (Swansea), J Dasilva (Coventry), R Norrington-Davies (QPR, on loan from Sheff Utd). R Kpakio, D Lawlor (both Cardiff), J Rodon (Leeds), N Williams (Nottm Forest), E Ampadu (Leeds), J James (Leicester, on loan from Rennes), J Sheehan (Bolton), J Colwill (Cardiff), D Brooks (Bournemouth), S Thomas (Stoke), R Colwill (Cardiff), H Wilson (Fulham), N Broadhead (Wrexham), L Cullen (Swansea), M Harris (Oxford), L Koumas (Hull, on loan from Liverpool), D James (Leeds), B Johnson (C Palace), R Matondo (Rangers).