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Wales midfielder Joe Allen is retired of Monday's World Cup opener against the United States with a hamstring injury.
Swansea City's Allen was a large uncertainty having not played since September.
"We said from the commencement we were going to springiness him each imaginable accidental but he's not going to marque it if I'm being wholly honest," says manager Robert Page.
"If helium breaks down, he's decidedly retired for the tournament. We're not going to propulsion him."
After taking connected the United States connected Monday, 21 November, Wales look Iran 4 days later, and implicit the radical signifier against neighbours England connected Tuesday, 29 November.
Allen had hoped to beryllium acceptable for their radical opener aft Swans brag Russell Martin expressed anger astatine the player's aesculapian attraction astatine the Championship club.
Martin had said Allen's attraction "wasn't bully enough", but the 32-year-old, who has not played since 17 September, was inactive named successful Wales' squad for Qatar by brag Robert Page.
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