West Ham midfielder Jack Collison will miss Wales under-21′s UEFA championship qualifying match next week.

The 19-year-old has withdrawn from the squad to play Romania at Wrexham next Wednesday with a medial knee ligament injury.

If Wales win they will ensure a place in November’s play-offs for a place in the Sweden finals next summer.

Boss Brian Flynn today trimmed an initial 28-strong squad to 18 for the game.

Lewin Nyatanga and Joe Jacobson are out injured, while Chelsea teenage goalkeeper Rhys Taylor has been elevated to the senior squad which will hopefully play Georgia the same night at Swansea, providing the fixture goes ahead.Flynn also omitted Cardiff’s Jonathan Brown and Leicester pair Nick Adams and Andy King, along with Sheffield United’s David Cotterill and Oldham’s Craig Davies. The later pair could be added to the senior squad.

Christian Ribeiro (Bristol C) and Rhys Wiggins (Crystal Palace)are also left out. Flynn has added Southampton’s Lloyd James to the squad.

l The FA of Wales has given Georgia until the end of today to try to resolve travel difficulties before their friendly with Wales in Swansea on 20 August.

The Georgians are keen to see the game played and the FAW support them.

But Georgian nationals need a visa to visit the UK, and the British Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia is closed due to the Russian hostilities.

Talks have been held with the Foreign Office, and it is possible that the British Embassy in Baku could help.

Wales are to play Russia in Moscow in a World Cup qualifier on 10 September.