Ryan Giggs Retires! Legend!

The most decorated footballer in British football history has retired.

After 672 appearances for Manchester United, the 24-year playing career of Ryan Giggs has come to an end. Giggs will now assume the role as assistant to newly appointed manager, Louis van Gaal - with a look at taking the top job in a couple of years time.

Not many players spend their whole careers at one club - Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Tony Adams come to mind. Not many players achieve as much as Ryan Giggs did in his career. And not many become assistant manager at the same club straight after retirement.

Ryan Giggs is Mr Manchester United. While Sir Alex Ferguson was the manager off the field, Ryan Giggs was the heart and soul on the field and for so long, integral to Manchester United's rise to become the most successful club ever in English football and the most followed club in the world.

Whether he was out on the wing bamboozling defenders or reverting to central midfield in his older years, Giggs was a player who managed to stretch out his career and gain the respect of his peers.

Moreoever, Giggs was a model professional on and off the field - he was never sent off once in his Manchester United career - and unlike teammates, Rooney and Beckham, preferred to be associated with football rather than the tabloids.

Giggsy, what a legend. Good luck with being gaffer.