""England have a ridiculous squad, like France," Bellamy said. "They have a transfer market value of £1.4bn, ours is £170m. If you were a boxing promoter, you wouldn't put us together. It wouldn't be allowed.""
""We don't go off values, but they don't just have one team - they have two, three, four," he added. "One right-back went out injured the other day and there's only 24 more to go! They've got 60-odd players. I'd love us to be stacked like them.""
""I wanted to be up against that - see how you adapt, because he will. I'll get to learn from that. I'd love to get to that level.""
Wales will play England in a friendly at Wembley before a crucial World Cup qualifier against Belgium. Wales sit third in Group J, one point behind North Macedonia and level with Belgium, who have a game in hand. England retain deep squad resources even when resting stars such as Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish. England's transfer market value stands around £1.4bn versus Wales' £170m, creating a significant disparity in available players and injury cover. Wales relies on motivation, development and tactical adaptation to compete with elite opponents, having been unbeaten for nine matches earlier in the coach's tenure.
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