Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy has hinted he fancies a move to Cardiff City.

Bellamy said he would refuse to sit on the bench just collecting his wages, and as surprise reports suggested Cardiff could be the Welshman's next destination, Bellamy hinted at a transfer to his hometown club.

"I have never once - and I never would once - sit back and pick up my money," Bellamy said in the Mirror.

"I just couldn't do that to myself. It would be lying about who I am as a person. But I'll be very shocked if the challenge is with another English club.

"Playing anywhere else in Europe would be too much of a strain on my family because they live in Cardiff. So it really limits me to maybe one place."