The question is, would you want him on your team? What about other players of the same ilk — a Nicky Anelka, a Robbie Savage or a Joey Barton? Steven Gerrard has weighed in on the issue, saying
“We’ve signed a player with the right mentality for our club. It doesn’t do anyone any harm to have a player with what you might call a bit of a nasty streak, in a good way.”
Not sure that Bellamy qualifies as having a ‘nasty streak’ so much as simply being a bit of a prat, but is he a player worthy of having at your club regardless?