' Chris Coleman/James Collins '

Thursday 26th March 2015

James Collins is set to play a key role in Wales' Euro 2016 campaign but manager Chris Coleman admits he chose Cardiff's busiest shopping centre for peace talks between the pair so things could not turn ugly.

It was not so long ago that the West Ham defender's international career appeared over after player and manager fell out following Collins' withdrawal from a Wales squad.

Collins contradicted Coleman's claim he had turned down the chance to join the squad as a late call-up prior to the World Cup qualifier against Serbia in September 2013 and the pair had a tense public rapprochement in the middle of Cardiff.
We had a coffee in the middle of St David's Shopping Centre so it could not kick off!

There were too many people around so we had to be civil.

We had our spat, but I have known him since he was a kid and always liked him, and when he has been with us he has been right in the middle of everything.

His presence and personality are going to be very important going forward.

– WALES BOSS CHRIS COLEMAN.

Good for them both. Sorted it out like men. Time to move on.

I don't know the ins and outs of this but always got the impression Collins shirked international duty and is now back on board simply because results are going our way again. Sorted now anyway and time to move on.

We need all our best players available

I don't know the ins and outs of this but always got the impression Collins shirked international duty and is now back on board simply because results are going our way again. Sorted now anyway and time to move on.

Totally agree.