Last Updated: 03rd July 2012
STUART PEARCE rubbed salt into David Beckham’s Olympic wounds by telling him: You’re nothing special.
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Team GB boss Pearce has left devastated Becks out of his 18-man squad for the Games.
Psycho said: “There is no doubt David had a burning ambition to be part of this, he said it many times before.
“But the thing is the other 18 players in my squad have the same burning ambition.”
The Team GB squad was announced at Wembley yesterday with Welsh stars Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy and England defender Micah Richards named as the three over-age players in the Under-23 competition.
That left Becks, 37, out in the cold, despite the key PR role he played in bringing the Games to London in the first place.
Pearce added: “We must not be sidetracked by thinking David is a stand-alone professional who is desperate to play in the Olympics above anyone else on this sheet of paper.
“I admit David not being in the squad is a biggish call but I was only ever going to pick on what I saw with my own eyes.
“I didn’t pick on personality and I didn’t pick on ticket sales. I picked solely on football reasons and I’m happy with the selections.”
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