Fergie asked to manage Olympic team

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The Prime Minister is determined to see a British team in both the men's and the women's football tournaments when the Games come to the UK.

Mr Brown confirmed that 2012 Organising Committee chairman Lord Coe had approached Ferguson telling Sky News: "We will see who wants to be part of this and then we will get a manager that everybody will be happy with. And I know Alex Ferguson has been approached by Seb Coe, and I have spoken to him about it."

He also said the veteran manager had yet to be formally approached for the job and it was "up to him to decide".

Previously Britain has been prevented from entering because the four home countries - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - compete separately in other international matches.

However, Mr Brown has been holding talks with FIFA president Sepp Blatter in an attempt to ensure that the right of the autonomy of the home nations is protected if there is a British Olympic team.

Mr Brown said he hoped the lure of a final in London would encourage the individual football associations to overcome their reservations about entering a joint Olympic side.

He said: "I think the whole of the country will want, when the Olympic Games is held in Britain, and there's a football tournament where the final is held in Britain, they will want us to have a team in the competition."