Joe Ledley is available for Wales against Slovakia, says Chris Coleman

Chris Coleman has paid tribute to Joe Ledley with the Crystal Palace midfielder set to feature at some point in Wales' opening Euro 2016 match against Slovakia on Saturday.

Ledley has made a remarkable recovery after fracturing his leg playing for Palace against Stoke early last month, an injury that ruled him out of the FA Cup final defeat against Manchester United.

A matter of four weeks later Ledley is training fully with the Wales squad and Coleman said on Friday that he would be part of his plans for Saturday's match in Bordeaux.

Coleman said: "To get to where he is, is an unbelievable job, just fantastic. He's always been in my consideration and I think he is one of those players who is important on and off the pitch - his character, what he brings to the group.

"I'm not going to give anything away at the moment but he is available to play some part, whether that's a start or to come on as a substitute.

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"He's been really impressive in training and for him to get to where he is now, considering where he came from at the end of the season - physically and mentally - he's shown what he is made of. It's a credit (to him)."

Coleman is managing at a major international tournament for the first time and he is relishing the chance to test Wales in such an arena after they qualified for the European Championship for the first time.

They will be backed by a large travelling support and Coleman is determined to give them something to cheer, insisting again they are not there to make up the numbers.

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He added: "We're delighted to be here. I thought it would never happen but we are here. It's something we have dreamed about for a long time, a major tournament, so we are super-excited and very much looking forward to the challenge on Saturday.

"I understand we have got 25 or 30,000 Welsh supporters to back us which is incredible, so we want to do them proud. We are going to enter the tournament with the same spirit we entered our (qualifying) campaign and that is when we walk on to the pitch we give everything for our jersey.

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"What will be will be after that, but we will make sure we take care of our performance and do our nation proud.

"It's not the time to sit back and enjoy the moment. We have to perform like we can and then we can enjoy the moment. The team we have got has not been together since Andorra, which is eight or nine months, and that's a long time.

"But this is the gang that got us to the tournament because they were consistent, and hard-working, with a splash of brilliance in there. Our core values must remain the same and that means we're difficult to play against and we don't give the opposition anything easily."

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