Bellamy sees Koumas future at centre-forward

Bellamy sees Koumas future at centre-forwardTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Highlights: Wales and Ghana draw a friendly in CardiffByDafydd PritchardBBC Sport Wales at Cardiff City StadiumPublished9 hours ago2 CommentsWales head coach Craig Bellamy believes Lewis Koumas' international future will be as a centre-forward.Koumas scored his first goal for Wales to earn a 1-1 draw against Ghana in Tuesday's friendly at Cardiff City Stadium.The 20-year-old Liverpool player has spent much of his burgeoning career on the left wing, but Bellamy has used him as a centre-forward recently."[He is a] nine because we don't really have any nines coming through and we do have a lot of wingers, brilliant wingers," said the Wales boss."He could definitely be a huge asset for us on the wing but, due to our lack of nines coming through the system, we've used him a lot in training that way and he's really been electric."There's a lot to like about Koomy. He's such a young player and I'm over the moon he got his goal because he's deserved it."Image source, ReutersImage caption, Lewis Koumas' father Jason played alongside current head coach Craig Bellamy (R) for WalesKoumas spent the second half of the 2025-26 season on loan at Hull City, helping them win promotion to the Premier League via the Championship play-offs.The Liverpool academy product has previously been on loan at Birmingham City and Stoke City, where he predominantly played on the left flank.But whereas Wales are well stocked out wide with the likes of Daniel James, Harry Wilson, Brennan Johnson, David Brooks and Sorba Thomas among their options, they have a shortage of genuine strikers."We started him [as a centre-forward] against Northern Ireland [friendly draw in March], I thought he was okay," Bellamy added."When he came on today, he needs to be a little bit...