Aaron Ramsey: Wales captain to stay as he targets 2026 World Cup

Bellamy’s first match as national coach is against Turkey in the Nations League on Friday.

When he announced his squad for that match and the away game in Montenegro three days later, Bellamy confirmed that Ramsey would remain as captain.

Bellamy also said there was still “a lot” to gain from his former Wales and Cardiff team-mate, despite the injuries that have plagued Ramsey throughout his career.

The former Arsenal midfielder and his current Wales team-mates returned to training under Bellamy for the first time this week, with consensus within the squad overwhelmingly positive about the new head coach’s ground-up approach and his shift to a more progressive, adventurous style of play.

“I think the way he conducted himself and presented himself is impressive,” Ramsey said.

“A lot of information has been given in the first few days, but the boys have done their best to process as much as possible so far.

“It’s definitely going to be a process in these next six games before the World Cup qualifiers start (in March). It’s really aggressive, high intensity without the ball, the non-negotiables. The way he sees the game is new to a lot of us – only Connor (Roberts, who worked with Bellamy at Burnley) has experienced that before.

“We’re all pretty impressed and hopefully we can implement the things we’ve been working on in the first few games.”