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Tottenham defender Ben Davies is set for further assessment after he was forced off with an injury in Wales' 4-2 World Cup qualification defeat to Belgium.
The Spurs' veteran was making his 100th appearance for The Dragons, but the night ended in disappointment for the experienced 32-year-old, who was captaining his country in the absence of Aaron Ramsey.
Davies went to ground and had to leave the field on 72 minutes as he was not able to continue He was, however, able to walk off the field with what appears to be a muscular issue.
The former Swansea City full-back, who now operates as a central defender, is yet to feature for Spurs this season.
He battled through a knee issue last month and remains part of Thomas Frank's leadership group after previously playing an important backstage role under Ange Postecoglou.
While he hasn't been playing, Davies is a key voice in the Spurs dressing room and any layoff would still come as a blow to Frank, as the Welshman also sets the standard on the training pitch.
The Dane has already lost Yves Bissouma, who was stretchered off on Sunday evening just seconds after entering the field for Mali in their 4-1 win over Madagascar.
With two qualifiers to play in November against Liechtenstein and North Macedonia, Wales will be hoping to call upon Davies next month as they target a World Cup play-off spot.
The 4-2 defeat to Belgium leaves them third in Group J, three points behind second-place North Macedonia and four points off leaders Belgium.
Davies, who made his Wales debut way back in 2012, was praised by national team boss Craig Bellamy for his professionalism ahead of his 100th cap.
Bellamy said: "I watched the game back against Canada and he [Davies] was so good. He was just amazing in every part of his game. As good as I've ever seen him play for Wales, that was my feeling.
"We can all agree that he's been a top player. But we are all very impressed with him as an individual, as a person.
"You can see when he does interviews. He's very impressive. He will be a top manager if he wants to be. Or he could become a director of football, or a CEO [chief executive officer].
"He's that level and beyond impressive as a person. His level of consistency – and his consistency of being available – is a credit to him."
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