Recent Twitter rumours over Ryan Giggs leaving Manchester United to take charge as Celtic manager proved to be completely false, but in a new twist there are now increasing concerns he could potentially walk away from Old Trafford if he is not handed the top job soon.
Most of the United fans have been shouting for long to fire Louis van Gaal and hand the charge over to Ryan Giggs until the end of this season.
The Welshman however briefly completed a similar caretaker job back in 2014, but according to a report from the Daily Mirror, he is not interested to fill the position on a temporary basis yet again.
It is suggested that the 42-year-old United legend thinks his opportunity to grab the top job could be now or never. But at the same time he is believed to be torn due to his exceptional loyalty to the club which has remain his lifeline since 1987.
With his own ambitions to move upward, it’s completely understandable that Giggs would not prefer to become an assistant yet again next season if he is handed the responsibility to take charge of the team for the rest of the season.
van Gaal himself has regularly said to his close ones that Giggs is certainly the next permanent boss and if the retired winger indeed go on to end all immediate ties with Manchester United, it would no doubt be met with disappointment and would be a big blow for the Red Devils.
Jose Mourinho still remains the odds-on favourite to become the next manager from the start of 2016/17. But United fans are fiercely divided in opinion on the former Chelsea manager and the sheer volume of differing reports over the Old Trafford situation suggests that the future is far from clear-cut.
Some say that everything is agreed and Mourinho’s appointment is nothing but a formality, while others have suggested all the stories and speculations of a potential arrival are premature. Even Harry Redknapp of all people has weighed in on the debate as well and insists his contacts have told him it’s a ‘done deal’.
Truly speaking, if Ryan Giggs really wants the top job at Old Trafford, then his supposed walking away might be the best step forward. He is to some extent right that a few matches at the end of the season would not be enough for him to earn the managerial post full-time; also occupying the assistant’s chair with a miserable mind-set doesn’t do anything for his chances, either. He needs to move elsewhere and prove his managerial acumen in some other league, but that doesn’t mean he would not one day be odds-on favourite to manage United, but for the time being, we just don’t know and that makes appointing him in place of van Gaal an impossibly large gamble.