Ryan Giggs has been praised by Jose Mourinho for showing he “cares” about Gareth Bale after the Wales manager omitted the Tottenham forward from next week’s Wembley clash with England.

Bale has yet to make his second debut for Spurs since rejoining the London club on a season-long loan from Real Madrid earlier this month.

The 31-year-old forward suffered a knee problem on international duty last month, at first during a 1-0 Nations League win over Finland in Helsinki before the injury flared up again in a similar victory against Bulgaria a few days later.

Liverpool striker Ben Woodburn and fellow youngsters Brennan Johnson and Rhys Norrington-Davies, who are on loan at Lincoln and Luton respectively, are both included.

“We have to manage the minutes in these games,” Giggs said. “The good thing now is we are able to use five substitutes, six against England with it being a friendly.

“We want to play against the best and England are one of the top countries in the world.

“Any game for Wales against England is huge and by using the substitutions wisely it does give a chance for players to state their claim for the two games against Ireland and Bulgaria.”

Squad: Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Ward (Leicester), A Davies (Stoke), Gunter (unattached), B Davies (Tottenham), C Roberts (Swansea), Ampadu (Sheff Utd, on loan from Chelsea), Mepham (Bournemouth), Rodon (Swansea), N Williams (Liverpool), Cabango (Swansea), Norrington-Davies (Luton, on loan from Sheff Utd), Ramsey (Juventus), J Williams (Charlton), Wilson (Liverpool), Brooks (Bournemouth), Morrell (Bristol City), Vaulks (Cardiff), Smith (Man City), Johnson (Lincoln, on loan from Nottingham Forest), Levitt (Charlton, on loan from Man Utd), James (Man Utd), Robson-Kanu (West Brom), Moore (Cardiff), T Roberts (Leeds), Matondo (Schalke), Woodburn (Liverpool).