Welsh Player News (Premier League)

James Collins has had a few injury problems this pre-season. He left the field after just three minutes of Aston Villa’s friendly with Walsall (Walsall 1-2 Aston Villa) due to a calf problem but he has been allowed to travel to Portugal to play Feyennord and Benfica. He did sit out of the first training session but that's not necessarily anything to freak out about.

Neal Eardley started for Blackpool against Crewe Alexandra but he was replaced due to injury. Rob Edwards was also substituted but I'm hoping he's okay. Blackpool’s David Vaughan made a substitute appearance against his former side. The match finished Crewe 1-0 Blackpool. Oh dear.

Rob Edwards has signed a new contract with Blackpool. He wanted top-flight football so staying with Blackpool must have seemed the sensible option - in the short-term at least. Rob scored the winner in a 2-1 victory over Leyton Orient.

Steve McClaren, now manager of Wolfsburg, has failed in a bid to sign Craig Bellamy on loan. But don't feel too bad, Steve. I don’t think many people would succeed in making Craig do something he didn’t want to do.
There has been a slight variation on the usual Craig Bellamy to Tottenham Hotspur rumours. Now he is apparently joining them on loan. Or no, maybe Tottenham will pay £4 million. Unless, of course, he joins former manager Mark Hughes at Fulham.

Ryan Giggs isn’t planning on hanging up his boots anytime soon – and he doesn’t think his manager will either. Ryan thinks the younger players will learn from their defeat to Kansas City.
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Only three players have played more Premier League games than Arsenal traitor Sol Campbell – and two of them are Welsh.

Owen Hargreaves might not play until January. I know he chose England but does anyone else want to hug him? Not that it’ll help him. At least the problem this time is the home-grown rule. Bryan Robson, meanwhile, has urged Owen not to give up.

Stoke City manager Tony Pulis isn’t interested in managing Wales because he hasn’t finished the job at Stoke City. But I’ll forgive him because he says Wales have a chance of qualifying for Euro 2012.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Danny Rose wants to be just like Gareth Bale. Aww.

Wayne Hennessey missed a friendly for Wolverhampton Wanderers due to a back strain but maybe he’s okay by now.

Dave Edwards scored for Wolverhampton Wanderers against Charleroi. Wolves won 2-1. However he missed the 2-1 defeat against Reading after suffering an adverse reaction to an insect sting. He is the second Welsh player this has happened to this season – the first was Port Vale’s Lewis Haldane.

David Jones says the defeat to Reading was a positive after three wins because it puts things in perspective. He’s got a point actually. But he probably finds it easier to be cheerful than his team-mates. He did score the consolation goal.

Sam Vokes wants to fight for a first-team place at Wolves.