Bellamy: I'll be finished in two years

Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy believes the niggling injuries that have blighted his career could force him to quit the game in the next two years.

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Craig Bellamy: Nothing to celebrate

The 30-year-old, who has suffered a series of knee problems and missed Wales' victory over Scotland at the weekend with a groin injury, fears the end is nigh.

"I know there are not four or five years ahead of me with the injuries I have had," Bellamy told the Manchester Evening News.. "Maybe I have got one or two years at the most. It will be all over before I know it, so I am just enjoying it."

Bellamy has scored five goals this season and is relishing playing under former Wales manager Mark Hughes at Eastlands.

He said: "Everything at Manchester City has gone well for me from start to finish. It is so professional here. The manager is clever - he doesn't want to give any of the players reason to moan. He makes sure the only thing you have to concentrate on is football."

The former Liverpool striker is enjoying some of the best form of his career with City and is not ready to hang up his boots just yet.

"The last few months have given me a huge sense of pride," Bellamy said. "I think people have seen what I am as a player now."

"I've always got goals in my career, but am I a one-goal-in- two-games player? No, I'm not, but my career has been one-in-three, which isn't too bad."