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Due to London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, a Great Britain team would qualify as of right of being the host nation.

However, the FAW stressed it was strongly against the proposal.

Despite this, Welsh players Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale expressed their interest in representing the Great Britain Olympic football team.

Bale was ultimately omitted due to injury, but Ramsey was joined by four other Welshmen in Stuart Pearce's 18-man squad ; Swansea City's Joe Allen and Neil Taylor, as well as Manchester United's Ryan Giggs and Liverpool's Craig Bellamy, who were included as over-age players.