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Stuart Pearce: I would have quit if I was forced to pick David Beckham
STUART PEARCE said he would have walked out if he had been told to pick David Beckham in his Team GB Olympic squad.
Pearce caused shockwaves by omitting Beckham from his 18-man party, picking Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy and Micah Richards as his three over-age players instead.
It had long been anticipated that Beckham would be included following his role in promoting London 2012.
But at Wembley Stadium yesterday Pearce defiantly backed his decision, saying: “If David Bernstein [the FA chairman] had said to me that certain individuals would have to be included I certainly wouldn’t do that job. I don’t know any manager worth their salt who would have. I pick solely on football ability.
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I pick solely on football ability