Bellamy link puts Wales in hard position – BlakeImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Craig Bellamy scored 19 goals in 78 appearances for WalesPublished40 minutes agoNathan Blake believes the collapse of Craig Bellamy’s proposed move to Burnley has put Wales in a “hard position” going into their Nations League A campaign.Bellamy, 47, seemed set to be appointed as the Clarets’ head coach in the summer only for his move to Turf Moor fall through.
He recently entered the third year of his four-year contract with the Football Association of Wales (FAW) and will lead the national side against Portugal, Denmark and Norway between September and November.
But ex-Wales striker Blake has concerns over the impact Bellamy’s Burnley link could have on his players.
“It puts Wales in a hard position,” he told the BBC’s Feast of Football podcast.
“To go away and come back is tough. It’s football, people move around, but when you’re saying ‘I’m not going’, and then you [look to] go…
“You’ve got to come back after that and if you think the level of respect is going to be the same, I don’t think it is.”
