Bellamy playing for free??

Big Cardiff City story in the South Wales Echo today gives it away in the front-page headlines

'GRAIG READY TO PLAY FOR FREE NEXT SEASON'

There is no official word from the play himself, but a confidant and sources. He is according to the paper desperate to help Cardiff into the Premier league and wants to stay at the Cardiff City Stadium. It's well-known he has enjoy family life since joining Cardiff and is on record as only interested in playing for his present club Manchester City or Cardiff City where he spent last season on loan.

If he was to forgo his wages that would possible be a first for a footballer, at present he receives £90,000 a-week, £360,000 a-month and a massive £4,320,000 a year who would chuck that kind of money away. He might have a health bank balance, but with a reported two years left on his Manchester City contract that's £8,640,000.

Best option would be all parties to do some kind of a deal with Manchester City on his wages and take a massive cut to play for Cardiff it would be an option. He has no future with the Manchester club and with him adamant he will play nowhere else it's a deal that could be done. They should be more on the story later in the day.

Player/Coach role for Bellamy?

So Craig Bellamy player/coach with or without present boss Dave Jones there are a lot of opinions out there in the press and among the fans, but my first thoughts are simply, interesting. If he does take the role he would be a ticking bomb just over the shoulder of manager Dave Jones or any new manager as a new boss in waiting.

The striker has stated he is only interested in playing for two team Manchester City and Cardiff City with the latter reported to have opened provisional talks with the Premiership club. They look set to grant his wish and let him go, but it could cost the Bluebirds around £4 million in a transfer fee according to the South Wales Echo. It would have to be a transfer? Can you have a player on loan and having him has a coach as well?

The major stumbling block over any move would be is wages at Manchester City he is on £90,000-per-week of which they were paying a reported £70,000 of his wages during his loan spell at Cardiff. He still has two years left with the Premiership club worth over £9 million in wages to the player.