🔗 Share this article England Team Strength Called 'Absurd' - Welsh Manager Bellamy Thomas Tuchel took over as England coach in October 2024. Published 60 minutes ago Friendly match: England v Wales Venue: Wembley Stadium, the capital Date: Thursday, 9 October Kick-off: 19:45 BST The Wales head coach states the English player pool is remarkable that matchmakers wouldn't pair them with his Wales side. Bellamy's men meet England in a friendly at the national stadium on this Thursday before their important qualifying match against the Belgians next Monday. National team coach Tuchel has left the such as Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish out of his squad for the match against Wales and their qualifying game against the Latvian team. "England have a incredible squad, like the French," the coach said. "They have a market valuation of 1.4 billion pounds, ours is 170 million. If you were a fight promoter, you would not put us together. That wouldn't be permitted." He says ensuring the Welsh team can compete with the talented rivals is a "driving force". Bellamy continued: "We do not rely on market prices, but the reality is England don't just have one team. They possess two, three, four and France and other nations have the same level. They have many great players and that's a fact." "One right-back went out with injury the recently and there's only two dozen others to choose from! They have over sixty players. I wish Wales to be well-equipped like them." The neighbouring countries last faced each other at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, when the English emerged as easy victors in a group match before Gareth Southgate's side reached the last eight. The new manager is Tuchel, a Champions League and world club winner at the London club who has claimed domestic titles in Ligue 1 and his home country. The Welsh boss was formerly an coach at the Belgian side and Burnley to Vincent Kompany, who replaced Tuchel at Bayern Munich. "Tuchel's an incredible coach - his record speak for themselves," he added. "I have some sort of insight because the club he left I am familiar with individuals who have gone in there. I get a bit of an insight from that of how he works and it's very impressive. " "His tactical detail is elite and I wanted to be up against such a challenge - see how you're going to adapt because he will. I will get to learn from it. I aspire to get to such heights." Welsh Squad List Goalkeepers: Karl Darlow (Leeds), Davies (Sheffield Utd), King (Everton). Defenders: Cabango (Swansea City), Jay Dasilva (Coventry City), B. Davies (Spurs), Kpakio (Cardiff), Lawlor (Cardiff City), Mepham (West Brom), Joe Rodon (Leeds United), Neco Williams (Forest). Midfield: Ethan Ampadu (Leeds), Brooks (the Cherries), J. James (Leicester - loaned by Rennes), Sheehan (Bolton), Thomas (Stoke), H. Wilson (the Cottagers), Joel Colwill (Cardiff City), R. Colwill (Cardiff). Forwards: Nathan Broadhead (the Red Dragons), Cullen (Swansea), Harris (Oxford), Lewis Koumas (Birmingham - on loan from the Reds), Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur), Moore (Wrexham), I. Davies (Cardiff City).