Three Lions Team Depth Called 'Ridiculous' - Wales Boss Bellamy

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Friendly match: England v Wales

Venue: London's Wembley, the capital Date: October 9th Kick-off: 7:45 PM BST

The Wales head coach says the English squad depth is remarkable that a boxing promoter would not pair them with his Wales side.

The Welsh squad face their neighbors in a non-competitive match at Wembley on Thursday before their important World Cup qualifier against the Belgians next Monday.

National team coach Tuchel has omitted the such as Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Grealish out of his selection for the match against Wales and their World Cup qualifier against Latvia.

"The English have a ridiculous team, similar to France," Bellamy said.

"England have a market valuation of 1.4 billion pounds, ours is 170 million. If you were a fight promoter, you wouldn't put us together. It wouldn't be allowed."

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

Bellamy continued: "Our team don't go off values, but the simple fact is they have more than one team. They have multiple and France and others are similarly stacked. They have loads of top talents and that's the honest truth."

"One right-back was ruled out injured the other day and there's only two dozen others to choose from! They have over sixty players. I'd love us to be well-equipped like them."

These two nations last faced each other at the 2022 tournament in the Middle East, when England emerged as easy 3-0 winners in a fixture before the previous England team made it to the quarter-finals.

The new manager is Tuchel, a European and world club champion at the London club who has claimed domestic titles in France and his home country.

The Welsh boss was previously an assistant at the Belgian side and Burnley to Vincent Kompany, who succeeded Tuchel at the German giants.

"He's an incredible manager - his record speak for themselves," Bellamy added.

"I have some sort of insight because the club he left I know individuals who have gone in there. I get a bit of an insight there of how he works and it's remarkable. "

"His tactical detail is top level and I wanted to be facing that - observe how we adjust because he adapts too. I will get to learn from it. I'd love to get to such heights."

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

Defenders: Cabango (Swansea City), Dasilva (Coventry), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Ronan Kpakio (Cardiff), Lawlor (Cardiff City), Chris Mepham (West Bromwich Albion), Joe Rodon (Leeds United), Neco Williams (Forest).

Midfield: Ethan Ampadu (Leeds), David Brooks (the Cherries), Jordan James (Leicester - loaned by Rennes), Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), Sorba Thomas (Stoke City), H. Wilson (Fulham), Joel Colwill (Cardiff City), Rubin Colwill (Cardiff).

Attackers: Broadhead (Wrexham), Liam Cullen (Swansea), Mark Harris (Oxford), Lewis Koumas (Birmingham - loaned by the Reds), Brennan Johnson (Spurs), Moore (Wrexham), I. Davies (Cardiff City).