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Sir Alex Ferguson was blocked from managing Team GB football team despite saying “yes”
Sir Alex Ferguson was blocked from managing the Team GB football team at London 2012 despite committing himself to the Olympics, it's been revealed.The legendary Manchester United manager was approached by the head of the organising committee, Seb Coe, about taking charge of the side which was made up of under-23 Premier League and Championship players and three established stars - Craig Bellamy, Ryan Giggs and Micah Richards.Recalling the events of 10 years ago, Coe said: “We got very close to him taking over. I came up with the idea because we were having a bit of fragility around our Celtic cousins.READ MORE: Where the 2012 Great Britain football squad are now 10 years on from London Olympics“It suddenly occurred to me that the one unifying influence in all that would be having a not necessarily English coach.