Pearce catches Olympic fever and says: I'm ready to manage GB football team for 2012

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Pearce has been caught up in Olympic fever along with the rest of the country and now the former England left-back is ready to throw his hat into the ring to manage a Great Britain football team, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Speaking before England Under-21game against Slovenia at Hull's KC Stadium tonight, the one-time manager of Nottingham Forest and Manchester City said: 'We have seen a feel-good factor generated when England won the rugby.

Stuart Pearce: ready to throw his hat into the ring for 2012

'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.

'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 Sir Alex 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.'