LEGENDS REUNITED
DAVID MOYES hopes having two more Manchester United legends on his coaching staff will give the players a huge lift for their title defence.
New Old Trafford chief Moyes has added Ryan Giggs — who will continue playing
— and the recently retired Phil Neville to his backroom team.
The pair have more than 1,300 appearances for the club between them, not to
mention a whopping 19 Premier League medals, seven FA Cups and three
Champions League gongs.
And Moyes believes the kind of experience they bring can only help the club as
they plan for life after Alex Ferguson.
He said: “I’m delighted that Ryan has accepted the chance to become
player-coach.
“His success and ability to adapt his game over a number of years gives him an
unrivalled perspective on the modern game.
“Ryan’s career is an example to any aspiring young player and I’m sure both he
and the players will benefit from his new role.”
Moyes enticed Neville to Everton from Old Trafford eight years ago — but has
now brought the ex-England star, 36, back to his boyhood club.
The Scot added: “I have known and worked with Philip for eight years and, in
that time, I have come to know his dedication, ability to lead and appetite
for hard work.
“In addition, of course, he understands the club very well and I think his
addition to the coaching staff will be a valuable one.”
Giggs, 39, and Neville were part of the famous Fergie Fledglings in the early
1990s and their appointments will be welcomed by fans.
Former Red Devils defender Gary Pallister, an ex-team-mate of Giggs’, says
Moyes could be trying to set up something similar to the famous Anfield
boot-room.
Back in the 1970s and ’80s the ‘Liverpool Way’ was to promote from within and
install managers who had the club very much at heart.
And United will be spoilt for choice with Paul Scholes, now a full-time coach
with the reserves after hanging up his boots in May, and Nicky Butt also
working at the club.
Pallister, 48, said: “Taking Ryan and Phil on to the coaching staff gives
continuity.
“David Moyes is his own man, has brought in his own staff and will want to do
things his own way. But I can see it being a little bit like the old
Liverpool way.
“When a club is so successful you want to keep things ticking along without
changing things too much.”
He added: “Phil has always made it clear that coaching was something he was
interested in, so it has always seemed a natural progression.
“With Ryan, maybe it is a bit more of a surprise. I didn’t know he was
thinking of moving in that direction until it came out he was doing his
coaching badges.
“He has a wealth of experience to pass on and he will be able to guide players
about how to deal with the trappings of being a superstar while making a
huge impact in the game at a very young age.
“He has seen it all in 20-odd years at the club — he has worked with some big
characters and under the best manager ever seen in British football.”
Paul Parker, another ex-United defender, believes Giggs will have
“frightening” knowledge from all his years in the game which the club can
use to its advantage.
The former England defender, 49, said: “Maybe this move goes beyond playing
and is also about using his experience.
“As a player, Ryan is a threat — we all know he will be of great use in the
squad — but he is also a threat with his knowledge of the Premier League.
“He will go on and on and that is a frightening thought for the rest of the
Premier League. He simply has to be there — and for a very long time.
“Certain things happen where people come in and do it their own way. But the
Manchester United way is proven, there is a method to how it works.
“You can see that David Moyes respects that, with Phil Neville, Paul Scholes
and Nicky Butt all back there in coaching roles now.”
source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4997892/Ryan-Giggs-and-Phil-Neville-join-Manchester-United-coaching-staff.html
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