Dyer laments Bellamy row

Kieron Dyer will be disappointed to see Craig Bellamy leave Newcastle.

Bellamy seems set to leave Newcastle after his public bust-up with Graeme Souness and he is mulling over a move to Birmingham after they had a £6 million bid accepted for the Welshman.

Dyer can see comparisons with Bellamy's situation with his own at St James' Park after he refused to play out of position in the opening game of the season at Middlesbrough.

The England international revealed he tried to talk Bellamy out of doing his interview in which he accused Souness of being a liar.

"Craig is probably my best friend at the club and I tried to convince him not to go on television on Monday," said Dyer.

"I was on the phone for hours. I was just saying, 'Craig don't do it, keep it to yourself'. But he had his reasons and it's a pity.

"Off the field, he is like he is on the pitch. He thinks he is right and he stuck to his guns. The club think they are right and have stuck to theirs."

"I can see why Craig was frustrated by playing wide right because it is not his best position," said Dyer. "It's tough because you're doing a job for the club and I played there a lot last season.

"You know you are trying to help but your form drops and you read the papers and you get slaughtered by fans and journalists and you think, 'I am playing out of position to help the club'. It gets frustrating but they pay your wages and you can't be selfish.

"That's the biggest thing I learned from this.

"Has it crossed my mind that this could have been me? Of course it has. Now I feel like a different player and a different person.

"I think the chairman said it best when he said no player is bigger than this club and you have to realise that. It is just a shame because it looks like Craig will never play for this club again."

Dyer paid tribute to Souness for giving him a chance to win back his place in the Newcastle side after the fall-out with former boss Sir Bobby Robson at the start of the season.

"When the new manager came in I read I was going to be one of the first to be kicked out, but he has given me a second chance," added Dyer.

"There were a lot of fans who wanted me out but he was brave enough to play me and I'll always be grateful for that as well.

"It was just tortuous to come on and be booed. I tried to hide it."

Dyer has just 18 months to run on his current deal and he is not sure whether or not he will win a new deal.

"I don't know what will happen. I have to get playing consistently first," said Dyer.

"I've started to find my feet and hopefully I can have a good run, stay injury free, play top football for 20 games, and then who knows in the summer?"