Yorath predicts Flynn for Wales Bookies bank on Toshack

Experienced pair John Toshack and Brian Flynn have emerged as the two front-runners, but Newcastle and Wales forward Bellamy remains unimpressed.

"The list doesn't look great - I don't fancy any of them, none of them really touch a button for me," Bellamy said.

"I don't know who the next manager is going to be, but the one who comes in won't be liking me too much!"

The Football Association of Wales will step up its search for a new manager after Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Poland in Cardiff.

Hughes will step down after the match to concentrate on his new job as Blackburn boss, ending his five years in charge of the national side.

Whoever does become the new Wales manager, Bellamy is keen to persuade him that he should be playing as an out-an-out striker alongside John Hartson.

Hughes' preferred formation has seen Hartson operating as a loan frontman, with Bellamy employed wide right in a five-man midfield.

I want to show people in Wales what I'm capable of Craig Bellamy

That was again the pattern at Old Trafford on Saturday, where Wales slumped to a 2-0 defeat against Group Six rivals England.

"I have a lot to prove, especially at international level, because I'm coming up to my 30th cap now on Wednesday and I've played 24 on the right wing," Bellamy added.

"I want to show people in Wales what I'm capable of, I haven't been able to because I've been restricted in my game."

Bellamy's opportunities to play as a striker have also been limited at club level, with the arrival at St James' Park of Dutch international striker Patrick Kluivert.

Last season Bellamy enjoyed a productive partnership up front with Alan Shearer.

But since Graeme Souness took over as Newcastle manager, the Scot has prefered to rely on a Shearer-Kluivert partnership - with Bellamy again relegated to the right flank.