Arsenal mid-fielder, Aaron Ramsey, has bleached his hair blond for Euro 2016.The Gunners player shocked his Wales team-mates in training this week and has been told that he looks like a member of the Romanian team from the 1998 World Cup.
The Arsenal midfielder insists the likes of Dan Petrescu and Gheorghe Hagi were not his motivation for the change but he wants to make an impact in a major tournament in a similar way to those impressive players.
“There’s no significance to it – I just fancied a change. I have been contemplating it for a while and just thought, ‘Yeah, why not?’,” Ramsey said. “It was a bit of a shock to some of my team-mates.”
“But a lot of them are saying they are having it now. I have had a bit of that but I don’t look at those things on social media.
“I want to make an impression on the field. That is my main target, to help Wales get out of the group stages, and then see where we go from there.
“It was one of the biggest targets in my career to help Wales to a major championship and I’ve finally achieved that.
“For me personally I’ve played in some big games, but everybody’s eyes will be on this tournament.
“It is a great achievement, winning two Champions Leagues. He is still only young as well, so maybe there might be many more for him. I am delighted he won it and he came back fit.”