Craig Bellamy’s demand for Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham to ‘benefit’ Wales

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Wrexham made history, as they had three players called up for the Welsh national team; however, Wales manager Craig Bellamy is demanding more from the club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

Danny Ward, Kieffer Moore and Nathan Broadhead all got selected after signing for Wrexham during the summer transfer window as part of the £33 million spending done by Wrexham in the market.

However, Ward and Broadhead have had to withdraw from international duty after injury, and so Moore is the only representative left from Wrexham for Wales.

Now, Craig Bellamy is demanding more from Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney after they have helped the club rise through the divisions to now have the Red Dragons competing in the Championship.

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Craig Bellamy demanding more youth development at Wrexham

The Wales head coach is hopeful that Wrexham could now pivot a bit and start developing their youth system to allow the development players to come through the academy to play for the club.

This may be slightly selfish by Bellamy, as he wants to see more Welsh stars that would be available for him to choose from while he is in charge, but as a proud individual from Wales, he just wants to see a strong national side from his country.

Speaking on the High Performance podcast, he said: “I’d like to see them have more Welsh players. I believe that’s [down to] time. I’d like to see him with a younger team as well, but I believe that’s also time.

“I believe in the long run, hopefully Welsh football will really be able to benefit from them as well. Surely their academy is going to improve. That’s going to allow better players to come through, and that’s only going to benefit our country.”

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Craig Bellamy believes Wrexham’s success can benefit Welsh football

The Wales head coach has spoken about the Wrexham journey ahead of their World Cup qualifier away in Kazakhstan.

Craig Bellamy, as reported by ESPN, believes success breeds success and so hopes the Wrexham journey will help other clubs in Wales.

He said: “It’s been amazing for Welsh football, and hopefully now in a number of years we’ll see young players coming through.

“Surely, whether it’s Swansea, Newport, Cardiff, or Wrexham, the better they do, the better chance we have of being a stronger nation in football.”