ASHLEY Williams is a doubt for Wales's friendly with Sweden on Wednesday after picking up an injury in Swansea City's win over Peterborough.

The centre-back had been looking forward to the possibility of captaining Wales in front of his own fans at the Liberty Stadium.

But it is understood Williams may be forced to withdraw from John Toshack's squad having suffered a dead leg.

The injury is not thought to be serious, but Swansea will be keen to ensure Williams takes no risk given their long casualty list.

If Williams does make it, he is thought likely to vie with Aston Villa's James Collins for the armband.

Named Welsh player of the year in the autumn, Williams skippered Wales for the first time in the win over Scotland back in November.

Meanwhile, Arsenal have confirmed midfielder Aaron Ramsey will miss the rest of the season after suffering fractures to the tibia and fibula of his right leg. The 19-year-old was injured in a tackle from Stoke midfielder Ryan Shawcross in Saturday's 3-1 Barclays Premier League victory at the Britannia Stadium.

The former Cardiff midfielder, who has won 11 Wales caps, underwent surgery hours after the match but it is still too early speculate when he might return.

Ramsey had been included in Wales's squad for the Sweden friendly, and is likely to have been in Toshack's starting XI.

An Arsenal statement read: "The operation successfully reduced the fractures and whilst it is too soon to state an exact timescale for recovery, Aaron will certainly miss the remainder of this season.

"Our thoughts are with Aaron at this time and everyone at the club wishes him all the best in making as speedy a return to action as possible."