Three Lions Squad Depth Labelled 'Ridiculous' - Wales Manager Bellamy

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Friendly match: England v Wales

Venue: Wembley Stadium, the capital Date: Thursday, 9 October Kick-off: 7:45 PM BST

The Wales head coach states the English player pool is remarkable that a boxing promoter would not pair them against the Welsh team.

Bellamy's men meet England in a non-competitive match at Wembley on Thursday before their important qualifying match against the Belgians next Monday.

National team coach Thomas Tuchel has omitted the such as Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Grealish from his squad for the Wales friendly and their World Cup qualifier against the Latvian team.

"England have a ridiculous squad, like the French," Bellamy said.

"England have a market valuation of 1.4 billion pounds, Wales' is £170m. Were you a boxing promoter, you would not put us together. It wouldn't be allowed."

Bellamy says ensuring Wales can face the star-studded opponents is a "key motivation".

The Wales head coach continued: "We do not rely on values, but the simple fact is they have more than a single lineup. They have two, three, four and the French and others have the same level. They have loads of top talents and that's the honest truth."

"One right-back was ruled out with injury the other day and there's only 24 more to go! They have over sixty footballers. I wish Wales to be stacked similarly."

These two nations most recently met at the 2022 tournament in the Middle East, when England emerged as easy 3-0 winners in a fixture before the previous England team reached the quarter-finals.

The new manager is Thomas Tuchel, a European and world club winner at the London club who has claimed league championships in France and his home country.

The Welsh boss was previously an assistant at Anderlecht and the English club to Vincent Kompany, who replaced Tuchel at the German giants.

"Tuchel's an outstanding coach - his achievements is proven," he added.

"I have a degree of understanding because the club he left I know people who have joined. I gain a bit of an insight there of his methods and it's remarkable. "

"His strategic planning is elite and I aimed to be facing such a challenge - observe how you're going to adapt because he will. I will get to learn from it. I aspire to get to such heights."

Keepers: Karl Darlow (Leeds), Davies (Sheffield United), Tom King (Everton).

Defenders: Ben Cabango (Swansea City), Dasilva (Coventry City), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Ronan Kpakio (Cardiff), Dylan Lawlor (Cardiff City), Chris Mepham (West Brom), Rodon (Leeds), Williams (Forest).

Midfielders: Ampadu (Leeds), Brooks (the Cherries), Jordan James (Leicester City - on loan from Rennes), Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), Thomas (Stoke), H. Wilson (the Cottagers), J. Colwill (Cardiff), Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City).

Attackers: Nathan Broadhead (the Red Dragons), Cullen (Swansea City), Mark Harris (Oxford United), Koumas (Birmingham City - loaned by the Reds), Johnson (Spurs), Kieffer Moore (Wrexham), Isaak Davies (Cardiff City).