RYAN GIGGS SAYS he is still to decide about his Manchester United future despite making what appeared to be a farewell appearance in a 3-1 win over Hull City.
Giggs, the club’s current interim manager, sent himself on as a 70th-minute substitute in last night’s Premier League game at Old Trafford, which was United’s last home fixture of the campaign.
The 40-year-old midfielder’s contract is due to expire at the end of the season, but he made no mention of his future in a post-match address to the crowd.
Speaking to journalists afterwards, he explained that he had not reached a decision about whether to hang up his boots after a 23-year United career in which he has made a record 963 appearances for the club.
“I’ve not decided yet,” he said. “Nothing has changed. I’ll wait until the season has finished and then get a holiday and think about it in the next couple of weeks.”
Hull manager Steve Bruce, who was United’s captain when Giggs shot to prominence at the club in the early 1990s, paid a warm tribute to his former colleague.
“If it has ended for Ryan Giggs, it has been some career,” said the former centre-back.
“There will never be anyone as decorated. Sometimes the word ‘great’ is used too often, but he has been one of the greats.”
Giggs was also cautious when asked to provide an update on the club’s search for a permanent successor to David Moyes, who was sacked last month after only 10 months as manager.
Current Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal is widely expected to be appointed shortly, but Giggs said that vice-chairman Ed Woodward had given him no indication that an announcement was imminent.
“I have not spoken to Ed for the last couple of days, so nothing has changed since Saturday,” he said.
“It could be the next few days, it could be the next couple of weeks.”
