🔗 Share this article Three Lions Squad Depth Called 'Absurd' - Wales Boss Craig Bellamy Thomas Tuchel took over as England coach in late 2024. Published 1 hour ago Friendly match: England v Wales Venue: London's Wembley, the capital Date: Thursday, 9 October Kick-off: 7:45 PM BST Craig Bellamy states England's squad depth is remarkable that matchmakers would not match them against the Welsh team. The Welsh squad meet England in a non-competitive match at Wembley on this Thursday before their crucial qualifying match against the Belgians next the following week. National team coach Thomas Tuchel has left the likes of Bellingham, Foden and Jack Grealish from his squad for the Wales friendly and their World Cup qualifier against the Latvian team. "The English have a incredible team, like the French," the coach said. "England have a market valuation of £1.4bn, Wales' is 170 million. Were you a boxing promoter, you wouldn't put us together. That wouldn't be permitted." Bellamy explains ensuring the Welsh team can compete with the talented opponents is a "driving force". Bellamy added: "We don't go off values, but the simple fact is they have more than one team. They possess two, three, four and the French and other nations have the same level. They have many top talents and that's a fact." "One right-back was ruled out injured the recently and there's only two dozen others to go! They have 60-odd players. I'd love Wales to be well-equipped similarly." The neighbouring countries most recently met at the 2022 World Cup in the Middle East, when the English emerged as easy 3-0 winners in a fixture before Gareth Southgate's side made it to the quarter-finals. Southgate's successor is Thomas Tuchel, a Champions League and Fifa Club World Cup champion at Chelsea who has won domestic titles in Ligue 1 and his home country. Bellamy was formerly an coach at the Belgian side and the English club to Kompany, who succeeded Tuchel at Bayern Munich. "Tuchel's an incredible coach - his record speak for themselves," Bellamy added. "I have some sort of understanding because the team he departed I am familiar with people who have joined. I get a bit of an insight there of his methods and it's very impressive. " "His tactical detail is elite and I aimed to be up against that - see how you're going to adapt because he will. I can learn from that. I aspire to get to that level." Welsh Team List Keepers: Karl Darlow (Leeds United), Davies (Sheffield United), Tom King (Everton). Defenders: Ben Cabango (Swansea), Dasilva (Coventry City), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Kpakio (Cardiff), Lawlor (Cardiff), Mepham (West Bromwich Albion), Rodon (Leeds), Williams (Nottingham Forest). Midfield: Ampadu (Leeds United), David Brooks (Bournemouth), J. James (Leicester - on loan from Rennes), Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), Thomas (Stoke City), Harry Wilson (the Cottagers), J. Colwill (Cardiff City), Rubin Colwill (Cardiff). Attackers: Nathan Broadhead (the Red Dragons), Liam Cullen (Swansea), Harris (Oxford), Koumas (Birmingham City - on loan from the Reds), Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur), Moore (Wrexham), I. Davies (Cardiff City).