Giggs: I want Wales United
RYAN GIGGS has vowed to bring the winning spirit of Manchester United to his new role as Wales manager after the former winger was confi rmed as Chris Coleman’s successor. United legend Giggs fought off competition from Craig Bellamy, Osian Roberts and Mark Bowen to land his fi rst full- time job in management. Giggs, 44, has signed a four- year deal worth £ 300,000 a season and has set his sights on leading Gareth Bale and Co to the Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup. He could also offer the No 2 job to former United team- mate Paul Scholes. With only four interim games in charge of United on his managerial CV, Giggs has a big task . But after seeking the advice of his former boss Sir Alex P W D L F A PTS MAN CITY Ferguson, he is 23 20 2 1 67 17 62 MAN UTD confi dent he will be a 23 15 5 3 48 16 50 success. LIVERPOOL 23 13 8 2 54 28 47 “When I was interim CHELSEA 23 14 5 4 41 16 47 manager at United I felt TOTTENHAM 23 13 5 5 46 21 44 comfortable, it felt ARSENAL 23 11 6 6 41 30 39 right,” said Giggs, BURNLEY 23 9 7 7 19 20 34 whose fi rst game in LEICESTER 23 8 7 8 34 32 31 charge will be at the EVERTON 23 7 6 10 25 38 27 China Cup against the WATFORD 23 7 5 11 33 42 26 host nation on March 22. WEST HAM 23 6 7 10 29 41 25 “Training the United C PALACE 23 6 7 10 21 33 25 team – big players and BOURNEMOUTH 23 6 6 11 24 35 24 big personalties – was a HUDDERSFIELD 23 6 6 11 19 39 24 great experience for me. NEWCASTLE 23 6 5 12 21 31 23 “I played at a club for BRIGHTON 23 5 8 10 17 29 23 a number of years where SOUTHAMPTON 23 4 9 10 23 34 21 often the training was STOKE 23 5 5 harder than games. 13 23 50 20 WEST BROM 23 3 Come Saturday it was 10 10 18 30 19 SWANSEA 23 4 easy. easy. That’s the 5 14 14 35 17 sort of environment I want to create. The experience of working under someone like Louis van Gaal was brilliant for me too. “I was at a huge club with a massive expectancy, but now I’m ready to go out on my own and I’m going to do that with Wales.” Giggs never made it to a major tournament with Wales and missed 18 consecutive friendlies after his international debut in 1991. But he is out to prove his detractors wrong. “The criticism is something I’ve got to deal with by winning games,” said Giggs. “I’ll give it my all.”