Bellamy urges Ramsey Wales call

Aaron Ramsey has been compared to Arsenal team-mate Cesc Fabregas

Craig Bellamy and Simon Davies have urged manager John Toshack to call-up teenage midfielder Aaron Ramsey to save Wales' World Cup qualifying campaign.

Toshack insists Wales' spring double-header with Finland and Germany in Cardiff are "must win" games.

Arsenal star Ramsey shone in his goal-scoring display for Wales Under-21s and captain Bellamy admits: "He is a one-off, he's a special player."

Davies added: "If we can get him into our team it will a massive plus."

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger beat off competition from European and domestic champions Manchester United to pay FA Cup finalists Cardiff City £5m for Ramsey in the summer.

Wales Under-21 manager Brian Flynn had said the 17-year-old was "as good as anyone his age in Europe" even before Ramsey's dominant display for young Wales against England on Tuesday.

Ramsey was the stand-out performer against experienced opposition in the Uefa Under-21 European Championship play-off second leg as Wales held England 2-2 at Villa Park.

I'm in awe of the Under-21s Wales captain Craig Bellamy

Ramsey's 30-yard wonder strike was a goal of the season contender and his cute pass for Simon Church's goal was reminiscent of his Arsenal team-mate Cesc Fabregas.

England Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce, whose team qualified for the 2009 finals 5-4 on aggregate, said afterwards that Ramsey is "worth his weight in gold".

Wales captain Bellamy echoed that view: "I just thank God he's Welsh, he is out of this world.

"I just hope Aaron can keep playing and improving, because he will be a huge asset to Welsh football for many years."

Ramsey has played just 13 minutes of Premier League football since joining Arsenal, but he out-played top-flight regulars Lee Cattermole, Mark Noble and Tom Huddlestone against England Under-21 on Tuesday.

Ramsey is now set to make his highly-anticipated step up onto the senior international stage to win his first Wales cap in their 19 November friendly in Denmark.

And experienced Wales and Fulham midfielder Davies cannot wait to play alongside the new kid on the block.

"He has that something different," acknowledged 55-cap Davies, Wales' most experienced current international.

"He has that magic to produce something out of nothing as he showed for the Under-21s.

"The Denmark friendly and next year's World Cup qualifiers can be the start of a big international career."

Toshack needs some of Ramsey's wizardry to conjure up a World Cup qualifying miracle.

As the Wales manager admits: "We play Finland and Germany in Cardiff in a five-day period at the end of next March.

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"Those two games must be won. In fact, we really cannot afford to lose any more of our qualifiers now."

Bellamy just hopes Wales' Under-21 starlets can repeat their international heroics for their clubs.

Striker Church, who has scored seven goals in 10 Wales games, has been sent out on loan by Reading to Wycombe, while half of the team are not playing regularly at domestic level.

"I'm in awe of the Under-21s," said Bellamy.

"But very few are playing regular first-team - and I mean Championship and League One, not even Premier League - football so how good is the manager Brian Flynn?

"We really need these boys to be playing week in week out, so why aren't they? They've just shown on the international stage how good they are.

"Wales need all of those lads to kick on in their career at club level then help improve Welsh international football and hopefully qualify for a major championships.

"Fifty years is too long without qualifying."