Sir Alex Ferguson has rejected the overtures of the Prime Minister and Lord Sebastian Coe to manage a British football team at London 2012.
The Manchester United manager - who is widely regarded as one of, if not, the greatest coaches of all time - has previously indicated he would stand down at Old Trafford before turning 70.
Discussions between the 67-year-old Gordon Brown and chairman of the 2012 organising committee Coe have therefore amounted to nothing.
"No I won't turn to international management," Ferguson told the Inside United magazine.
"When I've finished here, I think I deserve a rest. After here, I'm finished."
The wily Scot's decision casts further doubt over whether there will even be a Great Britain side at 2012.
Despite assurances from Fifa, the football associations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have proved reluctant to join together for fear it could jeopardise their individual futures in international competition
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