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The former Liverpool and Manchester City forward earned 78 caps for Wales and scored 19 goals but never represented his country at a major tournament.<\/p>\n
That is a major factor in his desire to take Wales to the 2026 World Cup, and he has said that managing the national team at Euro 2028 on home soil is a “massive” incentive.<\/p>\n
Wales will co-host Euro 2028 alongside England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, with Cardiff’s Principality Stadium staging the opening fixture.<\/p>\n
“I was with him at the rugby when Wales played the All Blacks [in November] and we’re just looking around the stadium together, thinking when we kick off Euro 2028 in this stadium as a full house, that’ll be another chapter for Welsh football,” said Mooney.<\/p>\n
“So as part of the legacy that he wants to leave for Welsh football, we would love him to stay to Euro 2028 and to lead the team.<\/p>\n
“He’s really enthusiastic about that. We live in the real world as well. If someone offers him, I don’t know, the Real Madrid job or Barcelona job or the Liverpool job, whatever it is, then naturally that’s interesting for anybody.<\/p>\n
“I mean he’s competitive, he’s got to the very top of the game on the pitch, naturally off the pitch, he’s going to want to get to the very top.<\/p>\n
“If he plays football like we did against North Macedonia [who Wales beat 7-1 in November] then any club out there that wants to play good football and wants a brilliant young coach, I’d be surprised if he’s not on their radar.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve said many times before I think Craig is a genius at what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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