Giggs gets Wales manager job
Published on: Tuesday, January 16, 2018
CARDIFF: Former Manchester United great Ryan Giggs has been appointed as the new manager of Wales, the Football Association of Wales announced Monday.The FAW confirmed Giggs' appointment via its official Twitter feed with a short film of a Wales shirt having the name 'Giggs' pressed into it, with an accompanying caption of #CroesoGiggsy (Welcome Giggsy).It will be Giggs' first permanent managerial post and he succeeds fellow former Wales international Chris Coleman, who bowed out after the national side failed to qualify for this year's World Cup finals in Russia and now manages English Championship side Sunderland.
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"I am so proud to have been given the honour of managing the National Team," said Giggs, 44, in a FAW statement."The challenges that we have ahead of us with the Nations League and qualification for Uefa euro 2020 excite me a great deal. "I can't wait to start working with the players as we prepare for those crucial games later in the year."Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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This will be Giggs' first full-time job as a manager, although he was in caretaker charge of United for four games at the end of the 2013/14 season after David Moyes was sacked. – AFP
