Three Lions Team Depth Labelled 'Absurd' - Wales Manager Craig Bellamy
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Friendly match: England v Wales
Venue: London's Wembley, 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 wouldn't pair them with his Wales side.
Bellamy's men face England in a friendly at the national stadium on Thursday before their important World Cup qualifier against the Belgians next Monday.
England manager Tuchel has omitted the such as Bellingham, Foden and Jack Grealish out of his squad for the Wales friendly and their qualifying game against the Latvian team.
"England have a incredible team, like France," Bellamy said.
"England have a transfer market value of £1.4bn, ours is 170 million. If you were a fight promoter, you wouldn't put us together. It wouldn't be allowed."
Bellamy explains ensuring the Welsh team can face the talented rivals is a "driving force".
Bellamy continued: "We don't go off values, but the reality is England have more than a single lineup. They have multiple and France and others are similarly stacked. They have loads of top talents and that's a fact."
"A defender went out with injury the recently and there's only two dozen others to go! They have over sixty footballers. I wish us to be well-equipped similarly."
The neighbouring countries last faced each other at the 2022 tournament in Qatar, when England ran out easy 3-0 winners in a fixture before Gareth Southgate's side reached the quarter-finals.
Southgate's successor is Thomas Tuchel, a Champions League and Fifa Club World Cup winner at the London club who has claimed league championships in France and his home country.
The Welsh boss was formerly an assistant at Anderlecht and the English club to Vincent Kompany, who succeeded Tuchel at Bayern Munich.
"Tuchel's an outstanding coach - his achievements speak for themselves," he added.
"I have some sort of understanding because the club he left I am familiar with people who have gone in there. I get a bit of an insight from that of his methods and it's remarkable. "
"His tactical detail is elite and I aimed to be up against that - observe how you're going to adapt because he will. I will get to learn from that. I aspire to reach that level."
Wales Squad List
Goalkeepers: Darlow (Leeds United), Adam Davies (Sheffield Utd), King (Everton).
Defenders: Ben Cabango (Swansea City), Jay Dasilva (Coventry), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Ronan Kpakio (Cardiff City), Lawlor (Cardiff), Mepham (West Brom), Joe Rodon (Leeds), Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
Midfield: Ethan Ampadu (Leeds), Brooks (Bournemouth), J. James (Leicester - loaned by Rennes), Josh Sheehan (Bolton), Sorba Thomas (Stoke City), Harry Wilson (the Cottagers), Joel Colwill (Cardiff), Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City).
Forwards: Broadhead (Wrexham), Cullen (Swansea), Harris (Oxford United), Koumas (Birmingham City - on loan from Liverpool), Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur), Kieffer Moore (Wrexham), I. Davies (Cardiff).
