Three years ago, his family man image was in tatters when he lost a £150,000 legal battle to hush up an affair with a glamour model.Ryan Giggs’s reputation took a further beating when his sister-in-law said she aborted his child two weeks before her marriage to his brother.The sordid claims made the father of two – and former BBC Sports Personality of the Year – a laughing-stock.Yet yesterday he capped an unlikely comeback by taking charge of one of the sporting world’s biggest names, Manchester United.
His elevation to player-coach was announced following the sacking of David Moyes after ten disastrous months in the hot seat at Old Trafford.Neither Giggs, 40, nor his team-mates made any comment as they arrived at the club’s training ground yesterday. Fifty-year-old Moyes, who is set for a pay-out of up to £10million, is thought to have left by a back door to avoid the cameras.Investors gave the temporary appointment of one of the club’s most decorated players a vote of confidence, with United shares up 6 per cent on Wall Street.But users of Twitter – which Giggs had tried to sue to keep his affair with Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas a secret – were quick to make fun of the club’s announcement.
Wife: Ryan Giggs is pictured with Stacey - mother of his two children, whom he married in 2007
They posted jokes suggesting Giggs might now target his players’ wives.As a youthful star, he dated celebrities including television presenter Dani Behr and former Hollyoaks actress Davinia Taylor. espite the public humiliation, Giggs and his wife remained together at their £6million mansion in Worsley, Greater Manchester. His brother’s marriage ended in divorce with Natasha going on to appear in Celebrity Big Brother. She is expecting her third child with a new partner.Giggs’s father, Danny Wilson, later said he had wanted to give the star ‘a bloody hiding’ after learning about the claims.
Natasha Giggs the wife of his younger brother, revealed she had an eight-year relationship with him
The 56-year-old, who split from his sons’ mother Lynne when Giggs was a teenager, branded him ‘gutless’.
Giggs will take charge of the team for Saturday’s match against Norwich and some fans hope he will take the job full time – perhaps in harness with an experienced manager such as Louis van Gaal of the Netherlands
International: Giggs (right) holds off a challenge from David Beckham (left) while playing for Wales against England in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match at Old Trafford in October 2004
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