Saturday, 24 Apr 2021 10:03 AM MYT
Giggs will appear in a Manchester court in April while caretaker manager Robert Page will remain in charge of the national team. “I remember the first time I saw him,” he said. “He was 13 and he floated across the ground like a cocker spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind” Off the pitch he became a pin-up and was one of the most marketable players as the glitzy Premier League era began.
But there were countless other moments of magic in a career in which he racked up a club-record 963 appearances over 23 years, scoring 168 goals. On top of that he made 64 outings for Wales. He briefly served as interim manager at the end of the 2013/14 season, following the ill-fated tenure of David Moyes, and worked for two years under Van Gaal.