Three Lions Team Strength Called 'Ridiculous' - Welsh Boss Bellamy
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International friendly: England v Wales
Venue: London's Wembley, the capital Date: October 9th Kick-off: 7:45 PM BST
The Wales head coach says England's player pool is remarkable that matchmakers would not pair them against the Welsh team.
The Welsh squad meet their neighbors in a friendly at the national stadium on this Thursday before their crucial qualifying match against the Belgians next Monday.
England manager Tuchel has left the such as Bellingham, Phil Foden and Grealish from his squad for the match against Wales and their World Cup qualifier against the Latvian team.
"England have a incredible squad, similar to the French," the coach said.
"England have a market valuation of £1.4bn, ours is £170m. Were you a fight promoter, you wouldn't put us together. That wouldn't be permitted."
Bellamy explains ensuring Wales can face the talented opponents is a "key motivation".
The Wales head coach continued: "We don't go off values, but the simple fact is England have more than a single lineup. They possess two, three, four and the French and others have the same level. England have loads of great players and that's a fact."
"One right-back went out with injury the recently and there's only two dozen others to choose from! They have over sixty players. I'd love Wales to be stacked similarly."
These two nations most recently met at the 2022 World Cup in the Middle East, when the English ran out comfortable victors in a fixture before the previous England team reached the last eight.
Southgate's successor is Tuchel, a Champions League and Fifa Club World Cup champion at Chelsea who has won domestic titles in Ligue 1 and his home country.
Bellamy was previously an assistant at the Belgian side and the English club to Kompany, who succeeded him at Bayern Munich.
"Tuchel's an outstanding coach - his record speak for themselves," he added.
"I have some sort of understanding because the team he departed I know people who have joined. I get a bit of an insight there of his methods and it's very impressive. "
"His tactical detail is top level and I aimed to be up against that - see how you're going to adapt because he adapts too. I can learn from that. I aspire to reach that level."
Welsh Squad Selection
Goalkeepers: Karl Darlow (Leeds United), Davies (Sheffield United), King (Everton).
Defenders: Ben Cabango (Swansea), Dasilva (Coventry), B. Davies (Spurs), Ronan Kpakio (Cardiff City), Dylan Lawlor (Cardiff City), Mepham (West Brom), Joe Rodon (Leeds United), Neco Williams (Forest).
Midfield: Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United), David Brooks (the Cherries), J. James (Leicester - on loan from Stade Rennais), Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), Thomas (Stoke), H. Wilson (Fulham), Joel Colwill (Cardiff City), R. Colwill (Cardiff City).
Attackers: Nathan Broadhead (Wrexham), Liam Cullen (Swansea City), Mark Harris (Oxford), Koumas (Birmingham - loaned by the Reds), Brennan Johnson (Spurs), Kieffer Moore (Wrexham), I. Davies (Cardiff City).
