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Giggs set to stay on

1225243-25791294-640-360Ryan Giggs looks set to become Louis Van Gaal’s assistant manager at United when – hopefully not if – the club will confirm the Dutchman as the new manager sometime during this week. Having been in charge for two weeks as caretaker manager, Giggs has still two games left in his managerial career but reports suggest he could extend his stay at United.

While the clamour for Giggs to be given the job on a permanent basis had grown after the 4-0 win against Norwich during his first game in charge, United seem determined to avoid another romantic appointment and Van Gaal is widely expected to become David Moyes’ successor before focusing on Holland’s World Cup campaign.

The Dutchman arrival could have spelt the end of Giggs as part of the coaching staff, given former Barcelona, Ajax and AC Milan striker Patrick Kluivert was expected to become Van Gaal’s assistant manager, but the 62-year-old now looks set to offer Giggs the job, the Guardian reports.

Giggs had been told to decline a junior role on Van Gaal’s coaching staff, but with the club determined to ensure continuity and desperate to have a player like him on the coaching staff, Giggsy is set to accept the offer, particularly as he’d give him the chance to work with one of Europe’s best managers.

Van Gaal, on the other hand, is obviously fully aware of the need to ensure fans and players don’t see his tenure as completely detached from everything United stand for and the decision to appoint Giggs as his assistant manager should benefit both parties involved. While he’s obviously not yet ready to manage a club like United, Giggs knows the club inside out having spent 23 seasons at Old Trafford and has shown promising signs as far as his managerial career is concerned.

His playing career, however, could have just two games left in it and tonight’s match could mark Giggs’ last ever appearance at Old Trafford, with Giggsy set to select himself:

“I want to do what’s best to win the game and not just make room for me in the starting line-up or on the bench, which I won’t do.

“Of course, the perfect scenario is me coming on and scoring a goal, the winning goal, and hopefully everyone will be happy but it doesn’t always work like that. We’ll have towait and see what happens on the night.”