🔗 Share this article England Team Strength Called 'Ridiculous' - Welsh Manager Bellamy The German manager was appointed national team manager in October 2024. Published 60 minutes ago Friendly match: England v Wales Venue: London's Wembley, the capital Date: October 9th Kick-off: 7:45 PM BST Craig Bellamy says England's squad depth is remarkable that a boxing promoter would not match them against the Welsh team. The Welsh squad face their neighbors in a non-competitive match at the national stadium on this Thursday before their crucial qualifying match against the Belgians next the following week. England manager Tuchel has omitted the such as Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish out of his selection for the match against Wales and their qualifying game against Latvia. "The English have a incredible squad, similar to France," the coach remarked. "England have a transfer market value of 1.4 billion pounds, Wales' is £170m. Were you a boxing promoter, you would not match us up. That wouldn't be permitted." He explains making sure Wales can compete with the star-studded rivals is a "key motivation". Bellamy added: "Our team do not rely on market prices, but the reality is they don't just have a single lineup. They possess two, three, four and the French and others are similarly stacked. England have many great players and that's a fact." "A defender was ruled out with injury the recently and there's only two dozen others to go! They've got 60-odd players. I wish Wales to be well-equipped like them." The neighbouring countries most recently met at the 2022 tournament in the Middle East, when the English emerged as comfortable 3-0 winners in a fixture before Gareth Southgate's side made it to the last eight. The new manager is Thomas Tuchel, a Champions League and Fifa Club World Cup champion at Chelsea who has claimed league championships in France and his home country. Bellamy was formerly an coach at Anderlecht and Burnley to Kompany, who replaced him at Bayern Munich. "Tuchel's an incredible manager - his achievements is proven," he noted. "I have some sort of insight because the team he departed I am familiar with people who have gone in there. I get a glimpse from that of how he works and it's very impressive. " "His strategic planning is elite and I wanted to be up against that - observe how we adjust because he adapts too. I can learn from it. I aspire to get to that level." Wales Squad List Keepers: Darlow (Leeds United), Adam Davies (Sheffield Utd), King (the Toffees). Defenders: Ben Cabango (Swansea City), Jay Dasilva (Coventry City), Ben Davies (Spurs), Kpakio (Cardiff), Lawlor (Cardiff City), Chris Mepham (West Brom), Rodon (Leeds), Williams (Nottingham Forest). Midfield: Ampadu (Leeds), Brooks (Bournemouth), Jordan James (Leicester - loaned by Rennes), Sheehan (Bolton), Sorba Thomas (Stoke City), Harry Wilson (Fulham), J. Colwill (Cardiff City), Rubin Colwill (Cardiff). Forwards: Broadhead (Wrexham), Cullen (Swansea City), Harris (Oxford), Koumas (Birmingham - on loan from the Reds), Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur), Moore (Wrexham), I. Davies (Cardiff City).