Chris Gunter: Rob Page’s Wales ‘will be just fine’ in long term

Chris Gunter believes Wales “will be just fine” as they look to respond to the disappointment of missing out on a place at Euro 2024.

Robert Page’s squad will watch this summer’s European Championship from afar following their agonising play-off defeat by Poland in March.

But Gunter is confident Wales can bounce back by qualifying for the next major tournament, just as they did after missing out on the 2018 World Cup.

“I think when the tournament kicks off, there’s going to be a week or two of thinking what if, which is natural,” said former Wales defender Gunter, who joined Page’s coaching staff in 2023.

“But the main thing for us is that feeling of disappointment that everybody will feel this summer, there’s no doubt that everybody will come back and be really hungry to make sure that at the next tournament, we will be there.

“We have done that in the past, when we missed out on the World Cup after 2016 and then bounced back, and that will be the aim for everybody involved.”

Gunter retired from Wales duty in March 2023 having won 109 caps and been to three major tournaments.