Craig Bellamy has warned his Wales captain Aaron Ramsey against taking up a player-coach role at Cardiff . Ramsey was recently awarded his UEFA A Licence and has been linked with a Cardiff coaching job following the sacking of Erol Bulut and the interim appointment of Omer Riza. But Wales manager Bellamy believes combining playing and coaching roles do not mix after watching Vincent Kompany undertake both jobs for Anderlecht when he was working at the Belgian club.
“In the future I definitely see Aaron going into management,” Bellamy said of his former Wales teammate, who is now 33. “I think it’s starting to circle in his mind, as it usually does later on in your career. I’m quietly confident he will see 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 being a player-coach at Cardiff this season. I’ve seen Vincent do it and it is really difficult.
That was the first time I saw it really close up. I’d not been exposed to it playing wise. “I’d probably not recommend it after seeing Vinny doing that at Anderlecht.
I think he felt that as well and decided he was either going to carry on playing or become a manager. He chose the managerial route. It’s a difficult one.
” Ramsey featured in Wales’ opening Nations League ties last month, starting the 0-0 home draw with Turkey and coming off the bench in the 2-1 win at Monte.