Ollie Cooper to travel with Wales squad to World Cup

Swansea City midfielder Ollie Cooper will travel to Qatar with the Wales World Cup squad.

The 22-year-old will be a travelling standby for the 26-man squad, and he will join clubmates Joe Allen and Ben Cabango on the flight to Qatar for the tournament on Tuesday.

The Swans academy product has enjoyed an outstanding breakthrough season at Championship level, scoring three goals and claiming an assist in 16 league appearances.

His call-up to the travelling party makes him the seventh player to come through the Swans academy pathway who will be heading to the global showpiece.

In addition to Cooper, Allen and Cabango; Connor Roberts, Joe Rodon, Ben Davies and Daniel James are also Swansea City academy products.

Everyone at Swansea City wishes Ollie every success during his time with the national set-up in Qatar.