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craig bellamy warned him wales captain Aaron Ramsey Against taking up the player-coach role at Cardiff.
Ramsey was recently awarded a UEFA A License and has been linked with the Cardiff coaching job following the sacking of Erol Bulat and the interim appointment of Omar Riza.
But Wales manager Bellamy believes playing and coaching roles do not mix after seeing vincent company He did both for Anderlecht while he was working at the Belgian club.
“In the future I would definitely see Aaron going into management,” Bellamy said of his former Wales teammate, now 33.
“I think it started to creep into his mind, as it usually does later in your career.
“I’m sure he’ll see that that part of the game is for him.
“With his experience and knowledge and his understanding of the game, I would be surprised if it wasn’t at a really high level.
“But I can’t see him as player-coach at Cardiff this season. I’ve seen Vincent do it and it’s really hard.
I definitely see Aaron going into management in the future. I think it started to creep into his mind, as it usually does later in your career.
Craig Bellamy on Aaron Ramsey
“That was the first time I saw it really up close. I didn’t come into contact with it while playing intelligently.
“After seeing Vinny do it at Anderlecht I probably wouldn’t recommend it.
“I think he felt that too and decided he would either continue playing or become a manager. He chose the managerial path. It is difficult.”
Ramsey featured in Wales’ opening Nations League fixtures last month, starting in a 0–0 home draw with Turkey and coming off the bench in a 2–1 win. montenegro As Bellamy’s reign began on a positive note.
But the former Arsenal and Juventus midfielder missed Friday’s trip to Iceland and Montenegro with a hamstring injury and returned to Cardiff three days later.
Bellamy said: “I’m really disappointed for him that he’s got another injury. He was exceptional in the game against Turkey.
“He did everything we asked of him in the role he played. The chances we created, if you look back, they all came from Aaron.
“He is a smart footballer and he showed it during that game.
“But he won’t miss much because I will keep him updated and I believe he can be with us in the camp during this period.
“There will be another set of information that we would like to give him over the 10-day period and the other two games.
“I talk to Aaron a lot and I try to involve him tactically in what we try to do. He comes to meet me at Dragon Park (the Football Association of Wales training centre) and we go over a few things.
“I have known Aaron since he was five years old and I knew he would become a professional footballer even then, which is very rare.
“This allows us to have a good level of communication.”