WALES manager Chris Coleman says he wants his players to have no part in a potential Team GB side for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

England manager Sam Allardyce this week backed the idea but Coleman is vehemently against his star men being involved.

“Our stance hasn't changed,” he said, backing up the Football Association of Wales’ view that a combined team could jeopardise the home nation’s sovereignty in the eyes of FIFA and UEFA.

“Why should we mess about with what we've got? We don't owe anything to anyone.

“One thing we've got around us at the minute – and you can smell it on us – is the players have got an identity. “They put the jersey on and they wear it with pride. That's all our nation has ever wanted really.

“They want success, they want to see a team on the pitch that when they walk out there they want to empty it for the jersey and the badge.

“That's what we've got, so there’s no need to mess about with that.”

Coleman is also concerned about adding to the number of games his star men are asked to play, suggesting Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey would be ‘cherry-picked’ by the English FA.

“Our boys have a lot of football, what they don't need is another tournament,” he said.

“It's not just the football, being in camp, being away every day, there's more pressure, more preparation.

“It’s the last thing our top players need and I'm talking about the England players as well. I don't think it's fair on them.”

He added: “Why should we say going and take our players – and we know they're only going to take two or three of them.

“It should be called the England Olympic team really. But they'll cherry-pick Baleo or Rambo – why should we allow them to take the best and throw them back to us? I don't think that's fair at all.”