Lowe reveals Olympic dream

by Setanta Staff , 20 February 2012 Lowe reveals Olympic dream

Blackburn midfielder Jason Lowe is hopeful helping Rovers stay up will secure him a place in Great Britain's Olympic team this summer.


The 20-year-old was contacted in December to say he is under consideration for selection by Stuart Pearce, with whom he has worked for England Under-21s.

Although the provisional list is 184 players long, Lowe is keen to get the call.

"The Olympics is at the back of my mind a little bit," he told the Lancashire Telegraph. "I was included in the first list but it's a long squad and I think it gets narrowed down some time in March and finalised in June.

"It would be nice to get the nod in there but I'm not thinking about that at the moment.

"I'll take that as it comes and see what happens. It's not what I'm concentrating at this moment in time. Playing well for Blackburn is all I'm bothered about."

Having become a regular for Blackburn this season Lowe will hope his adaptibility will help him make Pearce's 18-man squad, playing for Rovers at right-back and in midfield so far in this campaign.

Despite being keen to represent his country Lowe has insisted he is 100 per cent focused on Blackburn for the time being, with his hope being that he can do enough to secure a place in the Great Britain by keeping Rovers up.

Lowe is likely to be in Steve Kean's starting XI when they face league leaders Manchester City at the weekend.

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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