🔗 Share this article England Squad Strength Called 'Absurd' - Welsh Manager Bellamy Thomas Tuchel was appointed national team manager in October 2024. Published 1 hour ago Friendly match: Wales vs England Venue: London's Wembley, London 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 match them against his Wales side. The Welsh squad face England in a non-competitive match at the national stadium on Thursday before their important World Cup qualifier against the Belgians next Monday. England manager Tuchel has omitted the likes of Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish out of his squad for the Wales friendly and their World Cup qualifier against the Latvian team. "The English have a ridiculous squad, like the French," the coach remarked. "England have a market valuation of £1.4bn, Wales' is £170m. Were you a fight promoter, you would not put us together. It wouldn't be allowed." Bellamy explains making sure Wales can compete with the star-studded opponents is a "key motivation". The Wales head coach continued: "We do not rely on market prices, but the simple fact is England have more than one team. They possess multiple and France and other nations are similarly stacked. England have loads of top talents and that's a fact." "A defender went out injured the other day and there are 24 more to go! They have 60-odd players. I'd love Wales to be well-equipped similarly." These two nations most recently met at the 2022 World Cup in the Middle East, when the English emerged as easy victors in a group match before the previous England team reached the quarter-finals. The new manager is Tuchel, a European and world club winner at the London club who has won league championships in France and his native Germany. The Welsh boss was previously an coach at the Belgian side and the English club to Kompany, who succeeded him at Bayern Munich. "Tuchel's an incredible manager - his record is proven," Bellamy 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 there of his methods and it's remarkable. " "His strategic planning is top level and I wanted to be facing such a challenge - see how you're going to adapt because he adapts too. I will get to learn from it. I aspire to reach such heights." Wales Team List Goalkeepers: Karl Darlow (Leeds United), Adam Davies (Sheffield United), Tom King (Everton). Backline: Cabango (Swansea), Dasilva (Coventry), B. Davies (Spurs), Kpakio (Cardiff City), Dylan Lawlor (Cardiff City), Mepham (West Brom), Rodon (Leeds United), Williams (Nottingham Forest). Midfielders: Ampadu (Leeds United), Brooks (Bournemouth), Jordan James (Leicester City - on loan from Rennes), Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), Sorba Thomas (Stoke), Harry Wilson (the Cottagers), Joel Colwill (Cardiff), Rubin Colwill (Cardiff). Attackers: Nathan Broadhead (the Red Dragons), Liam Cullen (Swansea), Mark Harris (Oxford), Koumas (Birmingham City - loaned by Liverpool), Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur), Kieffer Moore (Wrexham), I. Davies (Cardiff City).