Harry Wilson’s first game for his country was Craig Bellamy’s last, a draw in Brussels that capped a fruitless 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign. A few days earlier, Wales beat Macedonia, Bellamy laying the ball on for Simon Church to score the only goal.
At the time, a 16-year-old Wilson was a fixture in Liverpool’s under-18s and Bellamy was close to calling time on a fine and colourful career at Cardiff, but that autumn international window was enough to give Wilson a flavour of Bellamy the player.
