Bellamy laughed off the surreal subplot earlier on Wednesday, including he had not spoken to Cooper for the reason that former Swansea Metropolis, Nottingham Forest and Leicester Metropolis boss was appointed by Brondby in September 2025.
Brondby’s communications director Soren Hanghoj rejected Barbarez’s declare and mentioned the participant’s omission was a “membership choice”, including: “And there will not be that many Wales followers in Brondby in spite of everything.”
There’ll, although, be a sizeable contingent of Bosnian followers who make the journey to the Cardiff Metropolis Stadium with their facet needing to beat Wales to stay on monitor to achieve their first World Cup since 2014.
The winners in south Wales on Thursday are assured a house ultimate in opposition to the winners of Italy or Northern Eire on Tuesday, 31 March.
Ranked 71st on this planet, the Bosnians have been edged out of computerized qualification by Austria once they conceded late in a ultimate group recreation decider in Vienna.
“We can’t evaluate these two video games, in opposition to Wales and Austria,” mentioned Barbarez.
“We took some conclusion from the Austria recreation and we now have spoken about it for 3 days concerning the expertise we now have taken from it.
“We now have a plan and each eventuality is roofed, together with penalties and further time. We’re optimistic. These are the video games you play soccer for.”
Forty-year-old former Manchester Metropolis striker Edin Dzeko is among the many group of gamers who’ve travelled to Cardiff, although he isn’t assured to start out.
His Schalke team-mate Nikola Katic, previously of Rangers and Plymouth Argyle, mentioned: “The ambiance in these form of matches right here is at all times good and we’ll give our greatest.
“It is a critical crew we’re enjoying in opposition to, however we’ll play our personal recreation and we’re ready for each eventuality.
“We now have not had a lot success as a nation within the play-offs earlier than, however that isn’t vital for us; it’s new for lots of our gamers and our crew is far stronger than earlier sides.”
