Kieffer Moore ruled out for Wales as close contact to Covid-hit Adam Davies

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Kieffer Moore has scored six goals in 21 appearances for Wales

International friendly: Finland v Wales

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Date: Wednesday, 1 September Kick-off: 17:00 BST

Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio Wales MW & DAB, Radio Cymru DAB and online, plus live text and score updates on the BBC Sport website and app

Striker Kieffer Moore will miss all three of Wales' upcoming games after he was deemed a close contact of goalkeeper Adam Davies, who has tested positive for Covid-19.

Wales face Finland in a friendly on Wednesday before two World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia.

They are already without Aaron Ramsey, Joe Rodon, David Brooks, Neco Williams and George Thomas who are injured.

Wales do not plan to call up a replacement for Moore.

They have, however, added Salford City goalkeeper Tom King to the squad in place of Davies.

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) said: "Kieffer Moore has been identified as a close contact to Adam Davies and will therefore self-isolate for 10 days. He will be unavailable for Cymru's [Wales] upcoming three matches."

The FAW had said earlier on Tuesday that Davies would have to self-isolate for 10 days while the governing body liaised with Public Health Wales to establish if any other close contact withdrawals from the squad would be necessary.

Wales have several other selection issues other than the seven players unavailable due to injury or coronavirus.

Swansea City's Brandon Cooper, one of four replacements, will miss Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Belarus in Russia, as will forward Tyler Roberts and defender Ethan Ampadu.

They are unable to travel because of visa issues.

The game was switched to Kazan in Russia because teams from the United Kingdom and the European Union cannot enter Belarus by air due to sanctions against the country's government.

The FAW says Ampadu, Cooper and Roberts were unable to get Russian visa approval in time before travelling to Finland for the warm-up game.

Following that match in Helsinki, the trio will return to Cardiff to prepare for the home qualifier against Estonia on Wednesday, 8 September.

Wales have also called up Cardiff City forward Mark Harris, Bolton Wanderers midfielder Josh Sheehan and Liverpool winger Ben Woodburn, who is currently on loan at Scottish Premier League side Hearts.

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