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Stuart Pearce eyes London 2012 Olympics gold tilt
22nd August 2008, 19:20
Pearce has found himself gripped by Olympic fever since the Beijing Games got under way and now the former England left-back is ready to throw his hat into the ring to manage a Great Britain football team.
Speaking ahead of tonight's England Under-21 clash with Slovenia at Hull's KC Stadium, the one-time manager of Nottingham Forest and Manchester City said: "We have seen a feel-good factor generated when England won the rugby.
"If we are successful at the Olympics and do well, I think it does have that kick-on effect. At the moment the rowing is big and I think right across the board we have done extremely well.
England U-21 coach, Stuart Pearce, ready to mastermind Team GB's aim to go for gold at London 2012 Games
"In the Olympics we are looking to put a football team in in four years' time and someone has got to manage it," Pearce said.
"There has been some discussion and I have read people are pushing Alex [Ferguson] to go in – he might have a bit of time on his hands in four years' time if he is doing a bit of gardening, so who knows."
telegraph.co.uk
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