Louis Walsh: 'Coyle needs Girls Aloud'

Louis Walsh has urged Nadine Coyle to build bridges with her Girls Aloud bandmates, claiming that the singer "needs" the group.

The X Factor judge, who managed the girlband in their early days, spoke out following a number of reports which have suggested that Coyle is distant from her fellow singers.

In April, Nicola Roberts admitted that Coyle had not spoken to the rest of the group for months. More recently, it was claimed that the LA-based star is annoying her bandmates by delaying plans for the next Girls Aloud album.

Speaking to Heat magazine about Coyle, Walsh commented: "I think she needs Girls Aloud. I really do. I think she so needs it."

The music mogul said that the 24-year-old should take the first step to resolve any differences because "the other girls are all over here and she's in LA".

He continued: "I hope they can work it out. They don't have to like each other, they just have to work together. No girlband really gets on well, because they all want to be the skinniest, they all want to be doing lead vocals and they all want to go out with the most famous footballer."

Girls Aloud's last album Out Of Control was released in November 2008.