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# Wales v England: Aaron Ramsey's inspiring comeback from horror injury marked
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him out for captain's role
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## The determined manner in which Aaron Ramsey recovered from the horrific
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broken leg which put him out of football for 12 months has been the key to the
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20 year-old becoming the youngest captain of Wales.
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![Wales v England: Aaron Ramsey's stirring comeback from horror injury marked
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him out for captain's role][1]
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Main man: Aaron Ramsey will lead his country against England on Saturday
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Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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[![Jason Burt][2]][3]
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By [Jason Burt][4], in Cardiff 11:30PM GMT 25 Mar 2011
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It is not just about ability, clean-cut image and playing for a big club like
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Arsenal. It is also about "mental toughness" which Ramsey has displayed over
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the past year as he has hauled himself back into the Arsenal first-team squad.
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[**Wales**][7] manager Gary Speed said it was "inevitable" that Ramsey would
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eventually wear the armband. So he has decided to award it to him now.
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Speed is building for the future and all his plans are about qualifying for
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the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil, but suddenly Ramsey is the present with
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the Welsh hoping he can be the flag-bearer for a generation of young players,
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including Gareth Bale, Joe Ledley and Chris Gunter.
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Speed is also rewarding Ramsey for his recovery and hoping the responsibility
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will give him a burst of confidence. "I've come back from a bad injury in the
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last year and I have had to be strong mentally to get through that," the
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Arsenal midfielder said. "I've definitely been through a lot but I think I've
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benefited from that now, and I've grown up a bit as well."
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There was only one moment during Friday's press conference at Wales's Vale of
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Glamorgan training base, when a clearly nervous Ramsey spoke for the first
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time as captain, that there was a chill in the air. He was asked whether Ryan
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Shawcross had been in touch to offer his congratulations. "No," Ramsey said
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bluntly.
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## Related Articles
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* [Capello admits to mistakes over captaincy][8]
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25 Mar 2011
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* [Speed: no issue with Spurs on Bale][9]
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25 Mar 2011
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* [Timing of Bale injury causes row][10]
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25 Mar 2011
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* [More than a one-man team][11]
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24 Mar 2011
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* [Stuart Pearce heading for another row over Under-21selections][12]
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25 Mar 2011
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* [A lot of hot air but no real fire in wounded Dragon][13]
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25 Mar 2011
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And that was all. He wasn't going to expand on his thoughts of the events of
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February 2010 when the Stoke City defender ploughed into Ramsey's right shin
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and the stellar progress made by the kid from Caerphilly shuddered to a halt.
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"Hopefully now I can show what I'm capable of doing and show that you can come
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back from a bad injury and be the same player," Ramsey said.
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"I don't think I am too young, I think I have about 50 appearances for one of
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the biggest clubs in the world and I played at a high level already in my
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career. I know I am not a screamer and a shouter and I won't change the way I
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am. Obviously, some people will disagree with it, but the manager has made his
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decision and hopefully I can prove it to be the correct one.
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"I've always wanted to become captain of Wales one day, and it has happened at
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such a young age but hopefully now I can keep it for a long time," Ramsey
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added, rejecting suggestions that he may, perhaps, be a little "shy" for such
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a high-profile role. "I'm quite a confident person. I'm not someone who is the
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life and soul of the party, but I do speak up when there is something to say."
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He certainly has a steely determination. After all, this is a young man who
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rejected Manchester United. After writing down the pros and cons of going to a
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number of leading clubs who wanted to sign him in the summer of 2008, he moved
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from Cardiff City, where he had been the club's youngest first-team player and
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an FA Cup finalist, to Arsenal.
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And when he broke his leg he was shaping up to be one of the best young
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midfielders in Europe.
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"When I had to make that decision, it was hard, I had to think about things
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and I wrote them down, and one of them was I felt there would be more
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possibility of playing at Arsenal," he said. "They wanted me and they have had
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a lot of youngsters and given them opportunities at a young age. I thought
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that made it best, and that's what happened. I've played a lot of games at
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Arsenal and now we are here."
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When, in October 2008, Ramsey dominated a Wales v England Under-21 tie,
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overshadowing the likes of Tom Huddlestone and Mark Noble, the Welsh coach
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Brian Flynn spoke of a "new [**Fabregas**][14]".
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It's a comparison that, clearly, Ramsey likes. "He's somebody who has been a
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captain at a young age, and obviously he's become one of the best midfielders
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in the world," he said of his Arsenal team-mate. "He's a perfect example that
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you don't have to be a shouter, you can just be yourself.
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