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Ashley Williams has admitted there are no excuses for Wales stars not to be primed for history in France after claiming their Euro 2016 build-up has been perfect.

Captain Williams and the rest of Chris Coleman's squad are back in Cardiff ahead of Tuesday's squad announcement where the national boss will reveal the names of the 23 set to carry a country's hopes in France.

With Gareth Bale joining up with the squad following his Champions League glory with Real Madrid, they will now undertake a week of fine-tuning in their homeland ahead of Sunday's final warm-up friendly with Sweden in Stockholm.

It comes after a week of intense training in the heat of Portugal where stars were put through their paces at the plush facilities of the Vale do Lobo resort in the Algarve, a base previously used by the likes of Madrid, Manchester United and Euro 2016 rivals England.

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And Williams has hailed the painstaking detail gone into the camp that he says gives him and the remainder of Coleman's 'golden generation' everything they need to perform when the tournament kicks off in little more than a week's time.

The Swansea City defender said: “I don't really know who planned it, but it has been unbelievable. The place they took us to and the apartments we are staying in and the way they plan to work , all the attention to detail I think has been taken a step up.

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“It was good before but from the meetings we have had already there will be no excuses now. We can't say 'we didn't have this or we didn't have that'. Everything has been taken care of. It just gives us the best opportunity we can have of performing well. There will be no excuses, everything is taken care of for us, and we can just concentrate on playing football and that is the way you want it.”

While the FAW have worked hard in recent years to modernise their set-up, it is a world away from old complaints of Welsh footballers having to put up with sub-standard preparation compared to what they receive at their Premier League clubs.

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But Williams said: “It was always a step up for me when I first joined because I had been at Stockport. But I have been on enough trips where you are moaning about every little thing but that's not the case here. You don't want to sound like you are moaning but when everything is taken care of you can relax in your downtime and means you can perform a little bit better on the training pitch and get yourself ready for action.”

Williams is raring to go having been given extra time off at the end of the Premier League season, Swansea boss Francesco Guidolin keen to give the centre-back a rest before he leads out Wales against Slovakia in Bordeaux on June 11.

And Williams, who has played more top-flight minutes than any player since the Swans' promotion five years ago, added: “It was nice because it was a tough season. Every season is physically and mentally, it was nice to get away.

"I went away with the family and tried to relax for a week and then had a week at home. I had a plan and a programme of training and went to the gym and did that but it is different doing that to training with the team everyday and getting kicks and knocks. It was nice to let the body relax a little bit. The lads did well too and I didn't feel too bad about missing the last few games.

“And I think it paid off because in training out there I felt really sharp, a bit lighter and in a better place.”