‘Now is the time we need to start delivering and there’s no better way than to beat England.’

Bale is back with the Wales squad having missed the 3-0 defeat against the Republic of Ireland in the Nations Cup in February with a back injury and is joined by Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey, who is returning from a cruciate injury.

‘We’re still young, we’re still learning and we’re both improving at our clubs and we want to keep doing that,’ said Bale. ‘With a full crowd in, it will give us that extra bit of confidence and belief. You’ve seen what it used to be like five or six years ago with all the fans there.

‘I was one of the fans at the time and it was an electric atmosphere. All the fans were with the team. We want to be going out to that and feeling comfortable with everybody on our side.

‘Hopefully we can turn the Millennium Stadium into a fortress and if we do that we’ve got a great chance of qualifying - maybe not this campaign, but definitely the next one.’

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