Joe Ledley has been ruled out of the FA Cup final and is a major doubt for Wales at Euro 2016 after fracturing his fibula.

The Crystal Palace midfielder is facing a race against time for the minor break to heal but Chris Coleman may be forced to omit one of his key players.

Such is Ledley’s importance to the team, the Wales manager will give his player every chance of making a return.

Joe Ledley (centre) feels the effects Charlie Adam's tackle, just minutes after coming on as a substitute

A minor break can heal in around four weeks but that would still take Ledley’s recovery right up to his country’s opening match at this summer’s tournament in France, against Slovakia on June 11.

Ledley posted a series of praying emojis on Twitter as he awaited scan results, which revealed a more serious injury than expected.

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 — Joe Ledley (@joe16led) May 9, 2016

Joe Ledley is a key figure for Wales, featuring in seven of their ten Euro 2016 qualifiers

The Welshman gets tight to Arsenal's Mesut Ozil (right) at the Emirates last month

JOE LEDLEY'S STATS 2015-16: Palace - Games 22 Goals 1 Since making his senior debut for Wales in 2005, Ledley has made 62 appearances, scoring four goals. Advertisement

Initial diagnosis following a tackle by Charlie Adam during Palace’s win over Stoke suggested an achilles problem.

Ledley lasted only 11 minutes after coming off the bench as a half-time substitute. His absence from the FA Cup final against Manchester United on May 21 is blow to Alan Pardew.

Ledley himself was wishing for a chance to win at Wembley having played in the Cardiff City side that lost the 2008 FA Cup final to Portsmouth.



