GIGGS LANDS DREAM WALES JOB

RYAN GIGGS will be given the opportunity he has always craved when he is confirmed as the new manager of Wales today.

The Manchester United legend was one of four candidates interviewed last Thursday to succeed Chris Coleman, the others being his former Wales team- mate Craig Bellamy, Mark Bowen — who has just left Stoke — and Osain Roberts, the current assistant manager.

The FA of Wales yesterday revealed that they will announce their new boss today and it is understood that Jonathan Ford, the FAW chief executive, has decided to hand Giggs (right) his first permanent managerial post and charge him with leading the country’s challenge to qualify for Euro 2020.

No decision has been made over the make-up of Giggs’s backroom staff but the 44-year-old, who was caped 64 times by his country, will be overjoyed that he finally has the chance to move into management, having recently described the Wales post as ‘one of the top jobs’.

The FAW did not want to waste time after conducting the interviews and their ambition was to have the new man in place in time for the draw for the UEFA Nations League, which will be held in Switzerland on January 24.

Giggs has never made any secret of wanting to cut his teeth in management but, other than being interviewed for the Swansea post in October 2016, he has never come close to landing a Premier League position.

Sportsmail reported last June that he wanted the Southampton job but he was never considered.