London Olympics 2012: Ryan Giggs on Olympic mission to play alongside his old mate Becks again It is exactly 20 years since Giggs and Beckham were part of the United team who won the FA Youth Cup and, with both their careers now surely approaching the end, they could be reunited for Team GB this summer. "Becks is obviously a friend and he's a great player and still remains that so, if that was to be, it would be great," said Giggs. Obviously, I started my playing career with Becks in the youth team. Twenty years later, to be still doing that, it would be great. We'll have to wait and see. "I don't think it'll be like 20 years ago when we were both up and down," he said. We might be able to get up but we won't be able to get back down again. Sir Alex Ferguson has made it clear that Giggs will be the only "over-age" player Manchester United will release for the Olympics. Ferguson is sympathetic to the fact that this is the only chance that Giggs, who is now 38 and retired from international football with Wales, will realistically have to play in a tournament. "I've put myself forward," said Giggs. Whether I get picked we'll have to wait and see. Obviously, everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and coming to different parts of Britain. I've spoken to Stuart Pearce but I think the majority of players have. It would be nice to be involved in a tournament atmosphere because I've never experienced that.