Wales will make a decision in the coming weeks over whether to base themselves in Baku for their Euro 2020 build-up and manager Ryan Giggs even hopes the Azerbaijani locals adopt his side as their second country.
Wales were placed in Group A in Saturday night's draw in Bucharest, and they will play their first two matches in Azerbaijan – against Switzerland on June 13 and Turkey on June 17.
Those games will be key for Giggs' men, who then travel to Rome to take on group favourites Italy on June 21.
"We're in a good place at the moment, we've got a good crop of young players coming through and now they're going to get a taste of what it's like in the Euros. We have to turn up for every minute of every game, otherwise you come unstuck.
"We can use the positivity that we had in Euro 2016, a lot of the players are still there.
"A lot of the young players were like me, sat at home cheering the team on, and now they get a chance to be there.
"It's a mix between the older players who have been there and done it and the talented group of younger players that we've got who will want to stamp their own history on the tournament."
