{"id":380174,"date":"2025-08-28T11:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/380174\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:19:13","slug":"craig-bellamy-explains-wales-omission-of-cardiff-city-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/380174\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy explains Wales omission of Cardiff City star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Craig Bellamy says he wants to see Cardiff City star Rubin Colwill perform consistently regularly for him to be considered for a Wales call-up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colwill has yet to play under the former Manchester City attacker since his appointment in 2024. His last appearance for the senior team came in Rob Page\u2019s last game, a goalless draw against Gibraltar.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has been in form for his club side this season and was named vice-captain by new Bluebirds boss Brian Barry-Murphy. He has flourished in the role, so far this season, he\u2019s picked up three assists and three goals and an assist with Cardiff topping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efl.com\/competitions\/efl-league-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFL League One<\/a> table.<\/p>\n<p>Colwill\u2019s form has been hard to miss, and he\u2019s been performing well alongside his younger brother, who was also said to be close to a senior call-up. Joel, two-and-a-half years younger than Rubin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk\/news\/cheltenham-town-reaction-joel-colwill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scored his first senior goal<\/a> for Cardiff with his brother supplying him with the pass to score against his former side, Cheltenham Town, in the Carabao Cup. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2024-08-28-Senior-Men-Squad-Announcement-20-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Wales National Team Manager Craig Bellamy announces his squad for the up coming 2025 UEFA Nations League fixtures v Turkey &amp; Montenegro\" class=\"wp-image-110609\"  \/>Craig Bellamy explained why two Cardiff City players didn\u2019t make his Wales squad<\/p>\n<p>Craig Bellamy on the omission of Cardiff City star<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Rubin Colwill) was very close,\u201d said Bellamy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was very close, and his brother (Joel) as well by the way. I\u2019ve been impressed by both of them. I just want to see it more. I want that consistency. I\u2019m sure that\u2019s going to come. I\u2019ve enjoyed it, I have to be honest. It\u2019s like a reboot, and it needed it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll know way more than me because you probably watch them way more than me but I feel that hopefully in the next month or so. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a question we spoke about before, and we know it\u2019s going to get asked, and it\u2019s different. I\u2019m quite used to it; he\u2019s a person I really like, and I\u2019m enjoying seeing what I\u2019m seeing, but I want to see it continue as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your next Welsh football read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouth.co.uk\/sport\/football\/portsmouth-fc\/portsmouth-fc-news-franco-umeh-crystal-palace-oliver-glasner-5291955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/clwbpeldroed.org\/2025\/08\/23\/grange-albion-port-talbot-welsh-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Grange Albion and Port Talbot Town \u2013 two Welsh Clubs united by a Wales manager<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tContinue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy says he wants to see Cardiff City star Rubin Colwill perform consistently regularly for him to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-380174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115106123989491342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}