Bellamy adds Crofts to new-look Wales coaching team

New Wales leader Craig Bellamy is adjacent to finalising his coaching team, which is group to see his erstwhile world team-mate and now Brighton first-team coach Andrew Crofts.

James Rowberry, nan erstwhile Newport County caput coach who now useful for nan Football Association of Wales (FAW), is different poised to subordinate Bellamy's unit having worked pinch nan ex-Wales skipper during his clip pinch Cardiff City’s academy.

Bellamy, who was appointed Wales caput coach successful July pursuing Rob Page's sacking successful June, is besides aiming to unafraid a return for ex-England goalkeeping coach Martyn Margetson – but that woody mightiness return a small longer to finalise.

There will beryllium nary spot successful nan elder set-up for Chris Gunter, 1 of Page's adjunct coaches, but nan 109-cap erstwhile defender is expected to beryllium progressive pinch Wales' age-grade teams.

Page's different assistants, Alan Knill and Jack Lester, person besides departed, while Margetson's return will awesome nan extremity for his successor arsenic Wales goalkeeping coach, Tony Roberts.

Other members of nan backroom unit – including those successful nan medical, study and fittingness departments – are expected to stay.

Bellamy sewage to cognize Crofts erstwhile they played together for Wales, and he has recruited nan 40-year-old having been impressed by Brighton and their progressive style of play successful nan Premier League nether caller bosses Roberto De Zerbi and Graham Potter.

In May, erstwhile Norwich City and Brighton midfielder Crofts told BBC Sport Wales' Feast of Football podcast astir nan power De Zerbi – now successful complaint of Marseille – has had connected his coaching career.

Once his assignment to Bellamy's Wales coaching unit is confirmed, Crofts will harvester nan domiciled pinch his occupation astatine Brighton.

The aforesaid will beryllium existent for Margetson, who combines his world activity pinch a nine domiciled astatine Swansea City, having near nan Wales set-up to subordinate England successful 2016.

The erstwhile Manchester City and Cardiff keeper earned praise for his activity pinch nan likes of Jordan Pickford, having been portion of Gareth Southgate's England unit for much than 100 games.

Now Southgate has departed arsenic England boss, Margetson is disposable and Bellamy is keen to enlistee nan Welshman to his new-look backroom team.

Bellamy's first crippled arsenic Wales caput coach will beryllium a location Nations League lucifer against Turkey connected Friday, 6 September, followed by a travel to Montenegro 3 days later.