Craig Bellamy says he stays absolutely centered on Wales and a World Cup play-off amid hyperlinks with Celtic.
The Wales head coach – who had a mortgage spell with the Hoops in 2005 – has been linked with a possible alternative for Brendan Rodgers following his choice to resign from the Scottish champions final week.
Wales are in the midst of a World Cup qualifying marketing campaign, with video games in opposition to Liechtenstein and North Macedonia this month, and are set to be concerned within the play-offs in March.
“I couldn’t want for anything more than what I have at this present moment and that’s where it lies for me,” he mentioned.
“The rest isn’t on my radar and it will not be on my radar.
“I can perceive the hyperlinks as a result of I performed there. I am teaching so I undoubtedly perceive the hyperlinks however to me I really like what I am doing at this current second, I’ve to be trustworthy.
“I am fully centered on what’s to come back.
“It’s going to be a playoff in March, we know that, and to me that’s all I’m focused on. I know it’s a little bit cliche but it’s the honest truth.”
Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna has additionally been linked with a transfer to Celtic
The 46-year-old went 9 matches unbeaten with Wales following his appointment in July 2024, with the facet dropping three of their final 4 video games in all competitions.
Requested whether or not his stance on the Celtic emptiness might change if the membership had been ready to attend for him, Bellamy insisted that he’ll stay with Wales for so long as he’s wished.
“I have a number of years to run. I did sign a four-year contract,” he added.
“Now, I know the game as well. You lot might have enough of me in a short space of time. That’s the reality as well.
“However I really feel so long as I am wished, and folks in Wales really feel like I can add, then that’s one thing that motivates me. Then I keep. You at all times watch out. I attempt to stay day-to-day. It is not at all times clever, however to me it is smart.
“I try and appreciate what I have. Having this at the moment has been one of the best periods of my life, and hopefully that continues for a lot longer as well.”
Totally different presser as Bellamy quizzed about Wales future
Craig Bellamy had a mortgage spell at Celtic as a participant
Evaluation by Sky Sports activities Information’ Geraint Hughes:
“A slightly different feel to Wednesday’s news conference with Craig Bellamy, less on the players he’d selected, the opponent, the form of the team or even his thoughts on football – but on him and his future.
“For 16 months since his appointment as Wales head coach – he prefers that to being referred to as a supervisor – any questions on him have been about his footballing model, the identification he desires from his groups, his background with Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht and Burnley. Plenty of private perception, but it surely’s all been about him and Wales. After a really first rate 16 months in his first job as a ‘No 1′, it is most likely no shock {that a} membership – on this case Celtic – have an curiosity in Bellamy given Brendan Rodgers’ departure.
“How did Bellamy take to questions about his future? Not how I expected! I did expect him to front up about the links with Celtic as he’s not shy in addressing what could be termed an ‘awkward’ question, but in modern-day football, where you always hedge your bets, never over-commit or under-commit, his reply to my questions about Celtic did slightly surprise me.
“He went past what he most likely needed to do to dispel any chance that he would depart Wales any time quickly and doubtlessly be lured to Celtic. He spoke about his love for his present job and the way it’s helped him fall extra in love with the sport and his nation, Wales. He spoke personally about how the job has made him blissful and that he’s most likely in top-of-the-line durations in his life. From a person who has spoken beforehand about psychological well being points in his previous to hyperlink his present private circumstances to a job is never heard.
Craig Bellamy’s been Wales head coach since 2024
“After his first answer to my question about links with Celtic, there was a silence as everyone in the room took Bellamy’s response in – then me and about 25 other people tapped away furiously on our laptops to make sure we made a note of what he’d said and that we hadn’t dreamt it.
“Away from Celtic, Aaron Ramsey’s future was a subject of dialogue. No readability on his membership future in Mexico, however Bellamy is making a plea to assume proper now about Ramsey the human being, not the footballer. Beset by damage for the most effective a part of a few years, it seems it is not labored out at Pumas in Mexico – Bellamy did affirm Ramsey was nonetheless injured – and as Bellamy was desirous to level out, household issues greater than soccer.
“Ramsey’s family dog ‘Halo’ has been mysteriously lost – sadly presumed dead – which has clearly affected him, his wife and children, who had all moved to Mexico to be together.
“Bellamy ended the convention by alluding to the well-known former Liverpool supervisor Invoice Shankly’s quote: ‘Some folks assume soccer is a matter of life and dying… I can guarantee you it is rather more severe than that’. Bellamy did inform all current that he understood Shankly, considered one of his heroes, maybe wasn’t being completely severe, however that’s now not his tackle soccer. There are extra necessary issues to him and others in life.”
