🔗 Share this article England Team Depth Called 'Absurd' - Welsh Manager Craig Bellamy The German manager took over as England coach in late 2024. Published 60 minutes ago Friendly match: England v Wales Venue: Wembley Stadium, the capital Date: October 9th Kick-off: 7:45 PM BST The Wales head coach says the English player pool is remarkable that matchmakers would not pair them with the Welsh team. The Welsh squad meet England in a non-competitive match at Wembley on Thursday before their important qualifying match against Belgium next Monday. National team coach Tuchel has left the such as Jude Bellingham, Foden and Grealish out of his squad for the Wales friendly and their World Cup qualifier against the Latvian team. "The English have a incredible squad, similar to France," Bellamy said. "They have a transfer market value of £1.4bn, Wales' is £170m. Were you a fight promoter, you would not put us together. It wouldn't be allowed." He explains making sure the Welsh team can face the talented opponents is a "key motivation". Bellamy added: "Our team don't go off market prices, but the reality is England don't just have one team. They possess two, three, four and the French and other nations are similarly stacked. England have loads of great players and that's a fact." "One right-back was ruled out injured the recently and there are 24 more to go! They've got over sixty players. I'd love us to be stacked similarly." These two nations most recently met at the 2022 World Cup in the Middle East, when England emerged as comfortable 3-0 winners in a fixture before Gareth Southgate's side reached the last eight. Southgate's successor is Thomas Tuchel, a Champions League and world club champion at the London club who has won league championships in Ligue 1 and his home country. The Welsh boss was previously an coach at Anderlecht and the English club to Vincent Kompany, who succeeded Tuchel at Bayern Munich. "He's an outstanding coach - his record speak for themselves," Bellamy noted. "I possess some sort of insight because the team he departed I know people who have joined. I get a glimpse from that of how he works and it's remarkable. " "His strategic planning is elite and I aimed to be up against that - observe how you're going to adapt because he adapts too. I can learn from it. I'd love to get to that level." Welsh Team List Keepers: Karl Darlow (Leeds United), Adam Davies (Sheffield United), Tom King (the Toffees). Backline: Ben Cabango (Swansea), Dasilva (Coventry), B. Davies (Spurs), Kpakio (Cardiff City), Lawlor (Cardiff City), Mepham (West Bromwich Albion), Rodon (Leeds United), Williams (Nottingham Forest). Midfielders: Ampadu (Leeds United), Brooks (the Cherries), J. James (Leicester City - loaned by Rennes), Josh Sheehan (Bolton), Thomas (Stoke City), Harry Wilson (the Cottagers), J. Colwill (Cardiff City), Rubin Colwill (Cardiff). Attackers: Nathan Broadhead (the Red Dragons), Liam Cullen (Swansea City), Mark Harris (Oxford United), Lewis Koumas (Birmingham - on loan from Liverpool), Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur), Kieffer Moore (Wrexham), Isaak Davies (Cardiff City).