"It was an incredible end to the season" Darlow on title, Wales and family | OneFootball

Joining up with Wales for their training camp ahead of June's international fixtures, Karl Darlow has spoken of his 'dream' of playing at the World Cup, winning the Championship with Leeds and following in his grandfather's footsteps.

Playing the final seven games of the season, Darlow kept four clean sheets as Leeds lifted the title on the last day, following a 2-1 win away to Plymouth.

“It was an incredible end to the season, a really long season,” said Darlow.

“We had a great string of results at the end that got us over the line, it went down to the last day for who was going to win the title, and thankfully we got over the line in the last minute. It was an incredible day and a great way to finish our season.”

After a short break, Darlow has joined back up with Craig Bellamy's Wales squad, hoping to emulate his grandfather, Ken Leek, who was a member of the squad that represented the Red Dragons at the 1958 World Cup.

“It would mean everything. As a player, it’s a dream to go to the World Cup. I know a few of the lads have done it here before and have spoke about their experiences and how incredible it was for them. It’s something I want to look back on in my career and say that I’ve been to a World Cup. It’s a big target for myself and the group.”

Following the training camp in Spain, Wales will host Liechtenstein on Friday 6th June (7:45pm, Cardiff City Stadium), before travelling to Belgium on Monday 9th June (7:45pm, King Baudouin Stadium).

“The way that qualification works these two games in the summer are hugely important,” Darlow added.

“We’ve got Liechtenstein and then Belgium, which are big games for us, and we want to maximise the amount of points that we can get from those games.

"Like the manager says, we just go on to the next one, so Liechtenstein at home is the most important at the minute and that’s got our full focus.

“We played some good football in that game (against Kazakhstan), so to start our campaign with three points in front of our home fans was brilliant.

"We know there’s obviously a long way to go in qualification and we hope we get the same backing against Liechtenstein in the next one.”