Ex-Liverpool star Craig Bellamy breaks cover after being denied manager role
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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesLiverpool FCCraig Bellamy was in attendance as Wales U19s were thumped 7-0 by Spain in their UEFA U19 Championship opener in Wrexham on Sunday, with the senior boss breaking cover amid ongoing Burnley speculationCraig Bellamy has missed out on the Burnley job(Image: Getty Images)Craig Bellamy was present as Wales suffered a crushing 7-0 defeat to Spain in its UEFA Men's U19 Championships opener in Wrexham.The senior men's head coach had been in detailed discussions about taking charge at Championship outfit Burnley ahead of next season, only for the potential appointment to fall through last week. While his position as Wales manager has subsequently become the focus of considerable speculation, Football Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney maintains the former striker is "absolutely committed" to the national side.Emerging publicly amid the speculation, former Liverpool star Bellamy was among the 3,600-strong attendance at the Racecourse on Sunday, as Chris Gunter's U19s endured their heaviest loss since 2021.Overwhelmed by a superior Spanish side, Wales conceded after just over 15 minutes played, with Daniel Yanez's strike taking a deflection en route past goalkeeper Luis Lines in the Welsh goal.Barcelona's Xavi Espart subsequently extended his side's advantage with a powerful strike, before two goals from Real Betis winger Jose Antonio Morante saw Spain enter the interval with a commanding 4-0 lead.The Spanish dominance persisted after the restart, with captain Quim Junyent making it five with an excellent finish just a minute into the second period.Bellamy is a former Liverpool player(Image: Getty Images)Substitute Sergio Esteban subsequently added his name to the scoresheet, before Diego Aguedo's free-kick rebounded off Lines and into the net to complete the seven-goal rout.Gunter must now rally his squad ahead of Wednesday's encounter with Germany at the Racecourse Ground, in the second fixture of the eight-team tournament in north Wales."There's time to hurt and then really quickly in football you have to show back up and go again," said the former Wales international as he called on his team to respond positively."The job for myself and the staff is to make some sense of it and show the players and make sure on Wednesday that it's a better performance and a different outcome."He added: "When you're in football, everybody naturally is competitive and it's in you."There's no magic words at this moment in time.
You have to wear it, and that's what we said to the players."We lost the game in a manner that we didn't want to, so there's time now for the players to reflect and for us to find stuff then, and when we wake up tomorrow morning, learn from it."And I said really quickly, we'll be back here and back on the pitch on Wednesday night against another team that won't be feeling sorry for you, or want to beat you just as much as what Spain did today. "Choose Liverpool.com as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCBurnley FC