Maybe Javier should check out the results first before he goes, as having the Olympics in China, he may be making a wasted journey......Call me an old synic ????

The reason for not entering a GB team is due to FIFA having not sanctioned it. As there will be four football associations joining forces and this could led to a permanent situation and no-one in the British FA's are perpared to take that risk.

if he doesn't play for them in the olympics, there's always the possibility they won't select him the future (i.e world cup). A lot of clubs will be pulling their hair out. Every single Argentian international is a club player somewhere...

Why haven't GB got a team in the Olympics? Anyone know the reasons?#
the reason is to do with Uefa, there are a select group that sit on the governeing board they have fixed members and then members that are invited on for a period. In short the UK has England, Wales, Scotland. I think i could be wrong there are another 4 invited. So the UK represents a large portion of the vote. If we have a GB side it would contreviene this and we would end up with one member full time and imagine the fall out.
We could offer up a select team of part timers or non proffesional. they might do better!

I always thought you had to have an amateur status to compete in the Olympics??? Seems strange that its not as important to players to represent their countries in the Olympics as it is for any other national competition... I cant work this out... my head hurts...

this guy shouldnt play anyway he s....

Disgrace. We pay his wages, and its us who suffer if he gets injured.

why deny a player the chance to play for his country? three matches is not an unreasonable number, especially if FIFA is commited to sending professionals to the olympics. we'll miss him, but if we can't run sunderland, middlesborough and villa off without him, we have much bigger problems than international commitment to worry about this season. liverpool benefits from the positive exploits of its internationals ~ torres' goal in the euro final helped our profile as much as any he scored in the premier league this season.

Looks like the fat waiter will have to pay the full whack on Barry now!

Liverpool probably can't say no as he may have it in his contract that he plays for Argentina. Players are becoming bigger than the clubs and supporters and the club should decide contracts, not agents for players and the end of the day we employ them if they can't sign without demanding don't sign them and they will soon be sitting at home or doing a 9-5 job like most of the loyal and hard working supporters.

Why haven't GB got a team in the Olympics? Anyone know the reasons?

Can't liverpool say no? Like Milan can say no to KaKa