By Chris Wright
Stuart Pearce has just announced his Beckham-less Team GB Olympic football squad, and it looks a little something like this (in alphabetical order):
Joe Allen (Swansea)
Craig Bellamy (Liverpool)
Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea)
Jack Butland (Birmingham)
Steven Caulker (Tottenham)
Tom Cleverley (Manchester United)
Jack Cork (Southampton)
Craig Dawson (West Bromwich)
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Aaron Ramsay (Arsenal)
Micah Richards (Manchester City)
Danny Rose (Tottenham)
Scott Sinclair (Swansea)
Marvin Sordell (Bolton)
Jason Steele (Middlesbrough)
Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea)
Neil Taylor (Swansea)
James Tomkins (West Ham)
That’s your lot cocker. No Kieran Gibbs, no Josh McEachran and no place in the squad for any players from Scotland or Northern Ireland. Instead, of the thirteen English and five Welshmen, three Swansea players find their way in – making the Swans the most represented club within Team GB.
Said Psycho on his picks: “I don’t pick on ticket sales or nationality. These 18 players are Olympians and that is the only way I view them.”
How ’bout that?