From fallouts to friendships: the many faces of controversial striker Craig Bellamy

08 July 2011 00:17
By Arthur Renard[LNB]6:45AM BST 08 Jul 2011[LNB]Comments[LNB] The 31 year-old, who is expected to be left behind when City's first-team squad fly to Los Angeles for pre-season training on Friday, has delivered a withering criticism of Mancini's management style and refusal to accept the full extent of his fitness requirements in a wide-ranging interview covering the Welshman's career, on and off the pitch.[LNB]Bellamy's fractious relationship with Mancini resulted in the former Newcastle and Liverpool forward spending last season on loan at home-town club Cardiff City.[LNB]However, having returned to Eastlands ahead of the new season, Bellamy has warned that he has no intention of reducing his £80,000-a-week wages in order to cut short his stay at City, where his contract expires next summer.[LNB]'No chance, that is impossible,' Bellamy said. 'Because I have my own academy [in Sierra Leone) where I have to take care of 13 children, day in, day out. My wages are more important to them, than they are for me. Manchester City is the richest club in the world. They work to a budget that no one else works to, so they can write their own rules. Right now, the club has got itself in a situation where a lot of players have to go on loan.' [LNB]Bellamy has been told City have no interest in another loan transfer, but there have been few takers so far in terms of a permanent deal for the player.[LNB]Related Articles

Source: Telegraph