Three Lions Team Depth Labelled 'Ridiculous' - Wales Boss Bellamy
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Friendly match: England v Wales
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London Date: Thursday, 9 October Kick-off: 7:45 PM BST
The Wales head coach says the English player pool is so impressive that matchmakers wouldn't pair them against his Wales side.
The Welsh squad face England 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 Bellingham, Foden and Grealish out of his selection for the Wales friendly and their qualifying game against Latvia.
"England have a incredible squad, like France," Bellamy said.
"They have a transfer market value of 1.4 billion pounds, ours is £170m. Were you a fight promoter, you would not match us up. It wouldn't be allowed."
Bellamy explains making sure the Welsh team can compete with the star-studded opponents is a "driving force".
Bellamy continued: "We do not rely on values, but the simple fact is England have more than a single lineup. They possess multiple and the French and others have the same level. They have many great players and that's the honest truth."
"A defender went out with injury the recently and there are 24 more to go! They've got over sixty players. I'd love Wales to be stacked like them."
The neighbouring countries most recently met at the 2022 tournament in the Middle East, when England ran out easy victors in a group match before the previous England team made it to the last eight.
Southgate's successor is Tuchel, a European and world club champion at Chelsea who has won domestic titles in France and his native Germany.
The Welsh boss was formerly an coach at the Belgian side and the English club to Kompany, who replaced Tuchel at Bayern Munich.
"He's an incredible coach - his record is proven," he added.
"I possess some sort of insight because the club he left I am familiar with people who have joined. I gain a glimpse from that of his methods and it's very impressive. "
"His strategic planning is elite and I wanted to be up against such a challenge - observe how you're going to adapt because he will. I can learn from it. I'd love to reach such heights."
Wales Team Selection
Keepers: Karl Darlow (Leeds United), Adam Davies (Sheffield United), King (the Toffees).
Backline: Cabango (Swansea City), Dasilva (Coventry City), Ben Davies (Spurs), Kpakio (Cardiff City), Dylan Lawlor (Cardiff City), Chris Mepham (West Brom), Joe Rodon (Leeds), Williams (Forest).
Midfielders: Ampadu (Leeds), Brooks (Bournemouth), Jordan James (Leicester City - on loan from Stade Rennais), Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), Thomas (Stoke), H. Wilson (Fulham), J. Colwill (Cardiff City), R. Colwill (Cardiff).
Forwards: Nathan Broadhead (the Red Dragons), Cullen (Swansea City), Mark Harris (Oxford United), Lewis Koumas (Birmingham City - loaned by Liverpool), Johnson (Spurs), Kieffer Moore (Wrexham), Isaak Davies (Cardiff City).
