Huddersfield Town’s on-loan midfielder Emyr Huws has been called up by Wales for their Euro qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Andorra.
The Wigan Athletic player has been in fine form for Chris Powell’s side, scoring four times in as many outings since his trans-Pennine switch.
The Llanelli-born former Manchester City man, pictured, is back in action after an ankle injury, and has caught the eye of Wales boss Chris Coleman.
Coleman’s men, who are unbeaten in qualifying group B and top of the six-team table, need just one more point to make next summer’s Euro finals in France.
Wales haven’t qualified for a major finals since 1958.
They face Bosnia-Herzegovina in Zenica on Saturday, October 10 and Andorra at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday 13.
Wales are one place behind Brazil after reaching an all-time high of eighth in the latest FIFA world football rankings.
Coleman’s team stay above England, who remain at 10th.
Cardiff was the venue for Huws’ Town debut on September 12.
The 22-year-old, has four caps, the last in the 0-0 Euro qualifying draw in Belgium a year ago.
His others came against Iceland, Holland and Andorra.
Huws is on a season-long loan, although Wigan have a January recall option.
He will be alongside Gareth Bale in the Wales squad.
The striker has missed Real Madrid’s last three games with a calf injury but is set to return against Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
Coleman will be hoping the world’s most expensive player comes through the Madrid derby unscathed.
Town have defender Joe Wright and forward Jake Charles in the Wales Under 21 squad for the 2017 European Championships qualifier in Denmark on Friday, October 9.
Senior squad: Wales squad: Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Fon Williams (Inverness), Ward (Liverpool); A Williams (Swansea, capt), Chester (West Brom), Gunter (Reading), Taylor (Swansea), Davies (Tottenham), Collins (West Ham), Henley (Blackburn), Richards (Fulham), Vaughan (Nottingham Forest), Huws (Wigan), Allen (Liverpool), Ledley (Crystal Palace), Ramsey (Arsenal), King (Leicester), Edwards (Wolves), J Williams (Crystal Palace), Cotterill (Birmingham), Robson-Kanu (Reading), Lawrence (Leicester), Bale (Real Madrid), Church (MK Dons), Vokes (Burnley).
