AT LAST I CAN ENJOY WATCHING SOLSKJAER’S UNITED SAYS GIGGS
RYAN GIGGS reckons Manchester United are finally worth watching again.
The United legend was part of the last Old Trafford title-winning side in 2013 and has witnessed the club’s decline since – both from the inside and outside.
After calling time on the most decorated career in English football, Giggs spent two seasons working as assistant to the club’s former boss Louis van Gaal, one of three United managers who failed to lift the title after Sir Alex Ferguson’s glorious 27-year reign.
David Moyes did not even last a season as Fergie’s chosen successor, while Jose Mourinho, who replaced Van Gaal, survived two-and-a-half years before getting the chop.
Many predicted current boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was heading for the same fate before he masterminded a superb run to secure a top-four finish last weekend.
For Giggs (right), the return of a United side that loves to attack, score goals and play with verve is amazing to see – and even more significant than silverware at this point.
The Wales boss, who won 13 Premier League titles with the Red Devils, said: “You get cycles in all sports and it’s very hard to stay on top all the time. But now, as a United fan, I look at the players and I’m thinking, ‘Yes, those are players that I enjoy watching.’ They might not be winning every single game but they look like Man United players.”
Much of that is down to Solskjaer getting his own recruits in – and gradually removing those brought in by his predecessors.
Giggs, 46, went on: “That takes a long time.that’s why the owners – and stability – are really important.”