Welsh Player News (and rumours) 11th June (Premer League)

There are yet more rumours that Blackburn Rovers will lose one of their goalkeepers this summer but the latest rumour suggests it won’t be Jason Brown who’s leaving.

A recent article suggests Rob Edwards has left Blackpool but as he’s only mentioned in passing it could just be referring to the fact his contract hasn’t been extended. Not an unreasonable assumption to make but the last I heard, manager Ian Holloway was thinking of keeping Rob anyway.

Fans Online suggests that Neal Eardley will be this year’s David Vaughan. But I do kind of hope David won’t be next season’s Neal Eardley. We don’t want any moreWelsh players out with a toe injury toe. Especially not out clubbing with a toe injury.

Liverpool are said to want Mark Hughes to be their new manager following the sacking of Rafa Benitez. Mark was sacked by Manchester City last December. Imagine if Mark became Liverpool’s manager and Liverpool finished above Manchester City. I’d like that, as long as Liverpool were still below Arsenal.

Craig Bellamy’s football academy looks set to be a big success. And so does he.

Craig Bellamy says he’s expecting to be in Manchester City’s starting eleven next season – he’s pretty quick but I doubt he’s quick enough to play for them and Cardiff City too. As for his claims that he’ll fight off competition from City’s new star strikers – he did it last season and I can definitely see him doing it again.

Ryan Giggs, Joe Calzaghe, Gethin Jones and Michael Sheen were among the, er, football stars who helped the Rest of the World to their first ever win over England in Soccer Aid. The Rest of the World won on penalties but Ryan wasn’t allowed to take part as he’s not a celebrity. Joe, who was preferred to Ryan on the left wing (Ryan had to play in the centre but to be fair he didn’t exactly struggle), scored the goal that brought the score back to 2-1 before also scoring in the penalty shoot-out. Michael also scored a penalty, proving that his football prowess extends beyond playing the role of a football manager in a film. Michael was the Rest of the World’s captain. Right back Gethin missed his penalty but he wasn’t the only one.
Most importantly, Soccer Aid raised over £2.5 million for Unicef.

Jack Collison says he has a long way to go before he’s ready to return from injury.

Wolverhampton Wanderers’ David Jones is very happy with his new team-mates so far.