The one that got away ..
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...craig-16435104
Cardiff City's Craig Bellamy has been linked with a shock move to Belgian giants Anderlecht.
The 39-year-old, who currently holds the role of Bluebirds youth boss, is good friends with Anderlecht's new player-manager Vincent Kompany, who has just left Premier League champions Manchester City to take up the position with his former side.
Rumours were fuelled over the weekend with reports in Belgium linking Kompany and Bellamy with a reunion.
David Steegen, former press officer, but still employed by Anderlecht, posted a photo of himself and Bellamy on Instagram with the caption 'My new colleague', report Voetbalkrant.com .
The one that got away ..
I wonder if this could be a way of getting Bellamy away from the British press for a year, enabling him to continue working in the game, ahead of a potential return to Cardiff when Warnock departs...
Good luck to him.
He could return as a better coach .
Or end up at Man City as assistant to Kompany .
Watch this space , Wales and City ???
Maybe he sees as a step up. Maybe it is a step up.
A considerable step up from CCFC youth team. It would arguably be a step up from a CCFC assistant manager role.
I wonder how he’ll get on with the language/s.
Now confirmed:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48664423
Craig Bellamy has signed a three-year contract to join Anderlecht's coaching staff, led by his former Manchester City team-mate Vincent Kompany.
The ex-Wales forward, 39, left his role as a Cardiff City youth coach following accusations he bullied players.
The Bluebirds' investigation into those claims continues and is unaffected by Bellamy's move.
He will take charge of the Under-21 side at Anderlecht, where Kompany has been appointed player-manager.
Welshman Simon Davies, Manchester City's former head of academy coaching, has also made the move to Belgium.
"We are very happy with Craig's arrival at RSC Anderlecht," said the club's youth director Jean Kindermans.
"He has a lot of experience and will be a great mentor for our youth players mentally speaking, but also in terms of football skills."
Bellamy won 78 Wales caps and scored 19 goals between 1998 and 2013. He played for Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle during his club career.
He finished his playing days at hometown club Cardiff City, where he was a driving force in the club's promotion to the Premier League in 2013.
Looks like Bellamy won't be the new manager when Warnock leaves.
Bad Kompany