Giggs now works with current head coach Louis van
Gaal as his assistant manager, with the retired winger having spent his entire playing career at Old Trafford, as did Gary Neville and Paul Scholes.
Not exact matches
Manchester United boss Louis van
Gaal has backed
assistant Ryan Giggs to succeed him
as manager --(Telegraph)
Manchester United
manager Louis van
Gaal has surprisingly tipped his
assistant Ryan Giggs to succeed him
as head coach of the Red Devils in 2017.
«And it's quite likely he could have moved straight into the job with the experience of being an
assistant manager to me
as he is doing with Louis van
Gaal at the moment,» he told «Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success» (via the Daily Star).
He retired from professional football in 2014 and since then has served
as Van
Gaal's
assistant manager at Old Trafford.
When Van
Gaal returned to AZ — the club where he had started his coaching career
as assistant manager between 1986 - 88 — it appeared his time
as a top coach had come to an end following spells in charge of Ajax, the Dutch national team and Barcelona.
With Mourinho seemeingly turning down any request to wait another year (bills to pay remember), further reports today (via the Mirror) suggest that if Mourinho were to be appointed
as Louis Van
Gaal's successor,
assistant manager and club legend Ryan Giggs will be quitting the club at which he has spent his entire playing and coaching career.