🔗 Share this article England Squad Strength Called 'Ridiculous' - Welsh Manager Craig Bellamy The German manager was appointed England manager in October 2024. Published 1 hour ago Friendly match: Wales vs England Venue: London's Wembley, London Date: Thursday, 9 October Kick-off: 19:45 BST Craig Bellamy states the English player pool is remarkable that matchmakers wouldn't pair them against his Wales side. Bellamy's men meet England in a non-competitive match at Wembley on this Thursday before their crucial qualifying match against the Belgians next Monday. National team coach Thomas Tuchel has omitted the such as Bellingham, Foden and Jack Grealish out of his selection for the match against Wales and their World Cup qualifier against the Latvian team. "England have a incredible team, similar to the French," the coach 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 says ensuring Wales can compete with the star-studded opponents is a "key motivation". Bellamy added: "Our team don't go off market prices, but the simple fact is England have more than a single lineup. They possess two, three, four and France and other nations have the same level. England have many great players and that's a fact." "A defender was ruled out injured the other day and there's only 24 more to choose from! They have over sixty players. I'd love us to be stacked similarly." The neighbouring countries most recently met at the 2022 tournament in the Middle East, when the English ran out comfortable victors in a group match before the previous England team reached the quarter-finals. Southgate's successor is Thomas Tuchel, a European and world club champion at the London club who has won league championships in Ligue 1 and his native Germany. Bellamy was formerly an assistant at Anderlecht and the English club to Kompany, who replaced him at Bayern Munich. "He's an outstanding manager - his achievements is proven," he added. "I possess some sort of insight because the team he departed I know people who have gone in there. I gain a bit of an insight from that of how he works and it's remarkable. " "His strategic planning is elite and I wanted to be facing that - see how you're going to adapt because he adapts too. I can learn from it. I'd love to get to that level." Wales Squad Selection Goalkeepers: Darlow (Leeds), Davies (Sheffield Utd), King (Everton). Defenders: Ben Cabango (Swansea City), Dasilva (Coventry), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Kpakio (Cardiff), Dylan Lawlor (Cardiff City), Mepham (West Bromwich Albion), Rodon (Leeds United), Williams (Forest). Midfield: Ethan Ampadu (Leeds), David Brooks (Bournemouth), Jordan James (Leicester City - on loan from Stade Rennais), Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), Sorba Thomas (Stoke), H. Wilson (Fulham), Joel Colwill (Cardiff City), R. Colwill (Cardiff). Attackers: Nathan Broadhead (Wrexham), Cullen (Swansea City), Harris (Oxford United), Koumas (Birmingham City - on loan from the Reds), Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur), Moore (Wrexham), I. Davies (Cardiff).