The Wales boss has made a couple of interesting calls ahead of the games with Kazakhstan and CanadaWales head coach Craig Bellamy(Image: Getty Images)

Craig Bellamy says a lack of game-time was behind his decision to leave captain Aaron Ramsey out of his latest Wales squad for the upcoming games with Kazakhstan and Canada and also explained why Rubin Colwill has been omitted.

The 34-year-old Ramsey came off the bench for Mexican side Pumas UNAM on Monday, his first competitive outing since pulling up with injury while in action for Cardiff City back in March, while Colwill has been in superb form for the Bluebirds during the opening few games of the campaign.

Both, however, have missed out on next month’s double-header, with Bellamy explaining why.

Ramsey’s return to club action appears to have come too soon for inclusion in this latest squad, although the Wales boss says there’s still very much a route back for the midfielder.

“He hasn’t played enough football over a period,” he said when quizzed on Ramsey’s absence. “It wouldn’t be fair to call him, travel the distance, the time difference and then travel to Kazakhstan, and expect him to play any part of it after being out for so long.

“The injury, particularly with a hamstring injury, it wouldn’t be responsible from us to do that or expect anything from him.

“I speak to him a lot. The idea with him is to get minutes, get training and back to just playing football.

“If he’s available and he’s had a lot of minutes, and that comes from training as well, a consistent basis of being involved in football, then we’ll look again.”

Bellamy says Ramsey’s former team-mate Colwill was very close to receiving a call. The Wales boss insists he’s been impressed by the 23-year-old’s exploits in League One, but says he still wants to see more from the forward over the coming weeks.

“I have to be honest, he was very close,” Bellamy said. “He was very close.

“HIs brother [Joel] as well. I’ve been impressed by the both of them.

“I want to see more. I want to see more. I want that consistency.

“It’s a question we speak about, and we know we’re going to get asked. He’s a person I really like. I’ve enjoyed seeing what I’m seeing at the moment. But I want to see more.”

Uncapped Cardiff team-mates Dylan Lawlor and Ronan Kpakio have been included, however, with Bellamy admitting that first-team exposure in League One has helped the pair stake the claim in the squad once again, having both been involved in the last camp.

“Cardiff have always had very good youngsters,” Bellamy added. “Having the potential to be able to break through into the first team, you need everyone to be involved in that.

“In the Championship, managers have maybe been quite reluctant [to play youngsters], maybe with the turnover with the managers, they’ve not been quite comfortable with that.

“With the new manager this season, there are similarities. Similar sort of habits in terms of what we look for.

“The likes of Ronan and Dylan would have got in anyway. That’s their talent.

“When I see Dylan, he’s brilliant with the ball, the way he defends he uses his body. What he’s getting exposed to now will help him and teach him so much.

“I believe he’s going to be an immense player for Wales for a number of years.

“Ronan, it’s like he’s played there for years. But these are young players playing men’s football. There’s a difference to under-21s, under-18s. This is different.

“League One is very different to the Championship, I’m not misguided by that.

“But for me, for young players it’s a good starting point.”

Wales take on Kazakhstan in Astana on Thursday, September 4, before heading to the Swansea.com Stadium to take on Canada in an international friendly the following Tuesday.