Bellamy addresses bullying claims with advice to coaches

New Wales head Craig Bellamy has advised aspiring coaches to "do their homework" earlier moving pinch younker players arsenic he addressed bullying claims made against him during his clip successful academy football.

The 44-year-old began his coaching profession moving pinch young players astatine Cardiff City and past Anderlecht, earlier stepping up to assistance Vincent Kompany astatine nan Belgian nine arsenic good arsenic Burnley.

During Bellamy's clip pinch Cardiff, nan nine investigated a bullying claim made against nan erstwhile striker and he subsequently stepped down from his domiciled arsenic their under-18s coach.

Cardiff said successful October 2019 an investigation into accusations of bullying and maltreatment by existent and erstwhile labor found "significant concerns", though nary individual was named by nan club.

Bellamy denied and disputed nan allegations and was not nan taxable of immoderate disciplinary proceedings, but did rumor a connection astatine nan clip saying he was "truly sorry" if he had offended anyone.

Having landed nan Wales manager's job, Bellamy says coaches looking to activity pinch younker players must "be mindful" and cognize what is acceptable.

"The connection for everyone who goes into younker coaching is to beryllium mindful," said Bellamy.

"Please, really do your homework for nan levels you're going into and what you allow. I didn't understand, truthful I apologised for that.

"There's a batch of things that I thought mightiness sound right, but it really could beryllium a large woody and I didn't realise."

Bellamy has admitted to "cheering against England successful beforehand of players from England" during his clip moving pinch younger players.

He said he was not alert astatine nan clip of nan effect that mightiness have.

"There was a batch of worldly I didn't know," said Bellamy.

"It's not correct, you can't do that. I honestly thought it was conscionable quality for me. I didn’t understand really a young 18-year-old English boy mightiness person felt.

"I’ve sewage to beryllium honest, there's a batch of worldly I looked astatine and should person been alert of."

Bellamy said he was besides unsure of really to woody pinch younker players utilizing violative connection during games.

"I wasn't dealing pinch 12, 13 aliases 14-year-olds, they were 17 aliases 18-year-olds," said Bellamy.

"If you’re successful school, past evidently you don’t swear, but I thought aft school, possibly successful that environment, I could move a unsighted oculus to it, but you can't do that.

"I've reflected connected what happened, I bespeak connected everything."