CRAIG Bellamy has claimed he would love to see Swansea City promoted this season if Cardiff do not make it to the Premier League.

The Wales captain yesterday completed one of the most unlikely transfer deals in recent memory by joining Cardiff on a season-long loan from Manchester City.

Bellamy, 31, who hails from Cardiff, is relishing the prospect of featuring in a first Welsh derby in early November.

But he insists he is not anti-Swans.

"If Cardiff City do not make the Premier League, I would love Swansea to make it," he said.

"We are such a small nation and I am not one who buys into the rivalry.

"We need everyone pulling together on this side of the Bridge.

"I understand the rivalry — I have been at games and seen it.

"I have played in some of the greatest derbies in world football and I am looking forward to being part of this one."

Bellamy's signing has sent shock waves across football, partly because a player with such talent is dropping into the Championship and partly because Cardiff have found a way to fund the deal.

The Bluebirds have been ravaged by financial problems and spent much of the close season under a transfer embargo.

Asked about the signing of Bellamy last night, Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins responded: "All I would say is I'm glad I haven't got to pay him."

Scottish Premier League side Motherwell, meantime, is considering issuing Cardiff with a winding-up order in the wake of the Bellamy transfer.

Motherwell are still owed £175,000 by Cardiff as part of a transfer deal that brought defender Paul Quinn to Wales last year.

"We have given Cardiff every chance to do the right thing," said Motherwell chief executive Leeann Dempster.

"The board now believes that Cardiff's position is untenable given their activity in the transfer market, acquiring Jason Koumas, Tom Heaton, Danny Drinkwater, Seyi Olofinjana, Martin John and now Manchester City's Craig Bellamy.

"Given all these circumstances and with legal and moral weight behind us, Motherwell FC have no option but to immediately pursue all legal routes to ensure this significant sum is paid to us as quickly as possible.

"These may include issuing a winding up order, arresting assets or physically sending bailiffs to their ground on match day to take possession of cash."