THE Football Association of Wales has yet to make a decision on whether the national side will wear poppies in the World Cup qualifier against Serbia on Saturday night.

FIFA, world football’s governing body has banned players from wearing shirts featuring the poppy symbol, arguing that they are a political symbol.

And Wales players will not be permitted to wear the poppy on an armband as they did in a friendly against Norway in November 2011.

England and Scotland, who meet at Wembley on Armistice Day, are also affected by the issue.

Prime minister Theresa May last week described FIFA’s ruling as “outrageous.”

England and Scotland plan to flout FIFA’s ban, while Northern Ireland have announced that they will wear a plain black armband to mark Armistice Day during the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan on Friday.

But FAW sources say no decision has yet been made on whether Gareth Bale and teammates will defy the ban.

There are fears that doing so could result in a fine or even a points deduction.

The FAW plans to mark Remembrance Day before and after the match and a decision will be made on the poppy issue before Friday’s England v Scotland clash.

Midfielder Joe Ledley said: “We've not discussed it. It's out of our hands, the FAW are dealing with it and it's down to them to make the decision.

“Our job is to concentrate on the game and I'm sure the FAW will make the right decision.”

Last week national manager Chris Coleman said that Wales would have to abide by the FIFA ruling.

"We've always paid our respects as a nation and so we should, remembering what those men and women did for us in the war,” said Coleman.

"We have to look at what FIFA are saying and we have to understand that.

"Unless my association tells me otherwise we have to abide by what FIFA says.

"But we will always pay our respects to Remembrance Day."

The game’s laws state players’ equipment should not carry any commercial, personal, political or religious messages.

The world governing body’s general secretary, Fatma Samoura, has said no exceptions to the law will be made.