The British Olympic Association (BOA) wants a Great Britain men’s football team competing at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. Andy Anson, the BOA chief executive, said he “dearly wanted it to happen” and it is understood that the Football Association is keen.
It will, though, take supreme diplomatic skills to convince the football associations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, given their previous hostility to a men’s team coming together under one umbrella to play at the Games. They have long argued that their independence in Fifa and Uefa tournaments could be risked if they competed as a single team in the Olympics.
