After John Toshack quit the Wales job, it took a matter of minutes before Welsh legend, Ryan Giggs, was linked to the job, with some claiming he was the Football Association of Wales’ first choice.
Former United coach, Eric Harrison, has claimed if Giggs wants the job, he couldn’t carry on playing too.
“It is not a cushy little number and it is not a part-time post,” he said. “You are at the sharp end of things and these days I don’t believe you could combine playing for a club at United’s level and managing an international team. You couldn’t be playing for United at the weekend and be wondering and worrying about how the Welsh players are doing.”
You only get one shot at a playing career but you have the rest of your life to get in to management. If Wales want Giggs now, they’d certainly want him in years to come when he has more experience after the game under his belt.
The International job may be the way Giggsy goes one day but it’s highly unlikely he’d give up on the last year (or two?) of his playing career for a job he could probably claim at any point he liked in the future.
“If you go into management, the big job is to be in charge of your country,” said Giggsy. “And I’m no different in terms of thinking like that. At the moment it is difficult, because I still have commitments as a player. But I always use the Sparky situation. One minute he is playing for Wales and in the Premier League with Blackburn, then the next thing you know, he is managing his country. Sparky never really planned for that.”
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If this is Giggs last season (please no!!) and the Wales job is still there and he goes for it and does well (lets say the play-off’s) I think we all know who would be favourite to take over from SAF and I do believe SAF would hang on to see how Giggs gets on as I’m sure SAF knows he would leave United in the right hands of someone who loves United as much as him..
can’t think of anyone better to take over the united job. i only hope SAF can hold on for Giggsy to get a few years of managerial experience under his belt so we don’t have to endure some clueless twat trying to make his own mark on managing united. maybe we could use Jose to temporarily fill that gap then fire him once we’ve got giggsy, scholes and gary all trained up and raring to go.
What’s the rush? Giggs will be linked with the Wales job however long he remains in football. He will be at some point. Not yet though.
Would be a disasterous so move for him, especially so early. We need him (and he needs to avoid it) for various reasons:
** We need to him at the moment, he is one of the very few in our squad with experience
** We need him to transfer that experience to the younger players, i.e. Nani
** He’s more than capable of another season
** He’s not ready for International management yet
I’m pretty sure Giggsy could play for United, manage his country, secure peace in the middle east, cure cancer and make first contact with extra-terrestrial lifeforms all at the same time, if he so wished.
Scholes could do the same, but he is a family man so will skip the Ingerland bit to make time.
@jonny
All with his hands tied behind his back and blindfolded
Chris Coleman should take the job, with Rush, Savage and Giggs as assistant managers,
Giggs has experience of a player but being a manager is completely different, I doubt he will take the position at this stage. One thing in Wales favour they do stick to their own nationality.
@shnuu
why only three assistants?
I say employ the whole city of Cardiff. Perhaps one of them can figure out how a team that hasn’t qualified for the World Cup since 1958 or the European Championships since 1976 is going to do it this time.
They will have to wait for 10 years.
First Giggsy can try out his managerial and man-management skills by having a quiet word with Rooney. Plenty of time to think about Wales when he’s matched Sir Stanley Matthews’ record for longevity on the pitch, in about 15 years time. He should also think in terms of matching United’s Welsh Wizard of the Wing, Billy Meredith (not the playing for City bit, obviously), who also managed to keep playing aged over 50.
giggs to take over from nev after he takes over from ole
I’m liking this idea, though not this season, probably next season, be good for him to get some experience, then he comes back to United.
i really don’t see a problem with giggs playing for us and being welsh manager part-time lets face it wales are not exactly a powehouse with thousands of players to choose from,when was the last time they ever quailified for anything?and his assitents can keep track of the players
Without a doubt, Giggs will be linked with the Wales job every time it comes up.
It will likely happen, but Giggs surely doesn’t need it now and has shown that he won’t be lured into rash moves. He has his UEFA licenses, so could obviously move on any opportunity, but there is nothing in this other than the obvious. Even the WFA won’t move on Giggs as it would just show that they are hopeless. I would guess that the current U21 coach Flynn will get the nod. Chris Coleman is also an obvious choice. For those who think this is a slow news day, I would much prefer this positive United story about our own Giggsy than more of the trashy same that has been making the rounds. Come on Ryan, take the prem to school, again! We can start with Everton.
I think I’d be happy with someone OK managing UNITED after SAF retires but giggs needs to earn some stripes…this would be great! See you after 3-5 years after SAF retires! gosh…pretty dang incoherent need coffee
I agree, in two or three years he may want it but, for now, he’s a football player and still too good to retire.
He Just seems to humble and decent to be a football manager. Just cant see this in any way shape or form.Not a bastard.And know killer in built other than on the football park.
this is a poor welsh team made worse by the fact big fat toshack has upset most of the senior players.
Wales need someone like jackett or pullis to organise the team and try to get the likes of simon davies out of retirement,
a team with bale bellend s davies ramsey and collsion (plus possibly giggs) will do ok