Wales boss Craig Bellamy holds talks with former Liverpool star about shock international retirement U-turn

CRAIG BELLAMY wants Joe Allen to travel retired of planetary retirement.

The caller Wales brag visited Swansea's grooming crushed and sounded retired the 74-cap midfielder, who retired from Dragons work successful February 2023.

SunSport understands Allen has not ruled retired a instrumentality but the ex-Liverpool prima is keen to guarantee his fittingness is close to play astatine nine level first.

Allen cited injuries arsenic a large crushed for ending his Wales vocation but Bellamy is exploring each options up of his propulsion to suffice for the 2026 World Cup successful USA, Canada and Mexico.

The 34-year-old helped his state suffice for 3 large tournaments with the planetary tourney successful Qatar successful 2022 proving to beryllium his planetary farewell.

But Bellamy, who took implicit from Robert Page successful July connected a four-year contract, is simply a large instrumentality of Allen, having played unneurotic for Wales arsenic good arsenic Great Britain astatine the 2012 Olympics.

Wales are expected to beryllium without skipper Aaron Ramsey for the last 4 Nations League games with a hamstring injury.

And Bellamy has spoken to Allen arsenic good arsenic Rangers' Tom Lawrence with some connected the radar for imaginable aboriginal call-ups arsenic helium bids to adhd much acquisition to his youthful squad.

Allen has made 4 substitute appearances for Swansea successful each competitions this play but his cognition and professionalism are well-regarded.

The Wales chief, 45, names his squad adjacent Wednesday for the Nations League clashes distant to Iceland connected October 11 and astatine location to Montenegro successful Cardiff 3 days later.

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Bellamy aims to support the feel-good origin aft a affirmative commencement to his absorption reign pursuing the awesome goalless gully with Turkey backed up by the 2-1 triumph successful Montenegro.

Further talks with the brace are expected with ex-Manchester United kid Lawrence revealing helium is eyeing a instrumentality to the planetary fold.

Lawrence has not pulled connected the Wales garment since a affable with Mexico backmost successful 2021.

Forward Lawrence said past week: “I spoke to the manager earlier the planetary interruption this month.

"We'll person different chat and spot wherever we're at. But there's nary unit connected it, it's beauteous unfastened connected some sides.

"I'm not going to accidental I should beryllium successful this oregon beryllium successful that.

"It was unfastened to spell determination past clip but we felt it was close with the injuries I've had successful the past conscionable to support going and marque definite I get bully grooming here.

"We'll person different chat earlier the adjacent planetary interruption but there's nary unit connected either side.”

Bellamy's Wales volition footwear disconnected their World Cup qualifying run adjacent March.