Roy would be priceless today, says old pal Giggs
RYAN GIGGS has laughed off former Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane’s claim that he would be worth £2billion in today’s exorbitant transfer market.
Keane has called modernday transfer prices ‘mindboggling’ and said ‘average players’ were being sold for between £30-40million.
‘He’s always spoken a lot of sense has Roy,’ Giggs said yesterday.
‘I don’t know about two billion, but I think Roy’s point was that now you’re seeing average players go for massive sums.
‘You look back at some of the players we played with – what would they be worth now? Ruud was an unbelievable goalscorer and guaranteed goals every season.
‘I think that was the point Roy was trying to make and he’s right because it’s just ridiculous. And it doesn’t look like stopping, it’s just going up.’
Keane played down his own value when asked what he would be worth in the transfer market today.
The former Republic skipper replied: ‘£3.75million, I think’ – the then British transfer fee United paid Nottingham Forest for his services in July 1993.
Asked how much Keane would be worth, Giggs replied: ‘You couldn’t buy him because you look around the league and who is like him?
‘(N’Golo) Kante is a fantastic player but Roy is better. He could do everything.
‘When he came to United he was an attacking midfielder going from box-to-box, getting beyond the centre-forward and scoring goals.
‘Then he turned into a midfielder who controlled the tempo and with Scholesy (Paul Scholes) was part of a fantastic midfield.’
Giggs feels United are now ready for a Premier League title challenge after manager Jose Mourinho’s summer purchases.
‘Jose’s got the players in he wanted,’ Giggs said the former wales international.