Taylor withdraws from Wales duty

Aston Villa left-back Neil Taylor has withdrawn from the Wales squad for the international break after picking up an injury in training.

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Taylor has withdrawn from the squad with an unknown injury, with Villa likely to give an update on his fitness in the next week.

The left-back has been a regular in Villa’s defence this season, with eight starts in the Championship.

He played the full 90 minutes of Villa’s 3-0 win over Derby in the league last weekend, and showed little sign on an injury.

However, Dean Smith may now be sweating over his fitness ahead of the return to league action next week.

The 29-year-old, Taylor, has been capped 41 times by Wales and was expected to get some game time over the international break, but will now instead return to Villa for treatment.