Welsh Player News 23rd May (Premier League)

Nottingham Forest defender Chris Gunter believes Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey will come back stronger from his injury.

Congratulations to Sam Ricketts who has just got married. I wish I’d been there. He had a Wales-themed wedding with flags and Hen Wlad Fy Nhadcu and everything about the wedding was Welsh apart from the venue (and technically the groom, who was born in Aylesbury). Even the bride was born in Caerphilly. And best of all, they’re postponing their honeymoon so Sam can play for Wales.

John Toshack believes the rumours about Ryan Giggs coming out of retirement were just a publicity stunt. I hope he’s wrong.

Sir Alex Ferguson says Owen Hargreaves’ confidence is low after being out injured for so long and he needs to ‘cross a mental barrier’ before he is ready to play again.

Michael Owen is doing his coaching badges as he says he’s become very interested in what managers do. Michael also says it feels strange not being at the World Cup. Maybe he should have chosen to represent Wales. It wouldn’t feel a bit strange then!

Tottenham Hostpur are allegedly going to make a £14 million bid to buy Craig Bellamy from Manchester City. No, the Tottenham fans don’t seem very convinced either. Everton’s interest is probably more realisticconsidering they actually need to buy a striker.

Jason Koumas has left Wigan Athletic after his contract came to an end. They might not have been able to sell them but they apparently have made a saving by not paying his wages anymore. Jason attracted a lot of attention in the last transfer window but no-one seems to be interested this time.

David Jones says Wayne Hennessey should think twice about leaving Wolverhampton Wanderers. Unfortunately David did refer to Wales as ‘his [Wayne’s] country’ which does seem to suggest he has no plans to play for Wales.