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BPL: Giggs, “I will consider retiring”

After 18 years at Manchester United, winger Ryan Giggs might be ready to call it a day at the end of the season.

The United veteran’s contract will expire in May and as yet has not been offered a new deal by the club.

The Welshman who has a cabinet full of medals from his time at the club and has never played for any other club although he was rumoured to be moving to Internazionale a few years back.

He said: "I will keep playing as long as I enjoy it, I am fit and the manager wants me.

"If one of those three things stops, I will consider retiring.

"It could be at the end of this season. Or it could be the next one.

"I am at the end of my contract in May, so we will see.

"At the minute, there hasn’t been any contact with United.

"I am as fit as I have ever been. The only difference is recovering from games.

"Two days after a game, I am still tired. Before, I could play Saturday-Wednesday, Saturday-Wednesday no problem.

"Today, I would be a lot less efficient at doing things. Nowadays, I only play once a week, it’s very good that way."

548 appearances and 101 goals later, the wing wizard is still keen on more titles.

"Today, victories and titles make me happier than when I was younger, because I know that they could be the last ones.

"The Champions League win last season made me a lot happier than in 1999, for instance.

"I am lot more confident than I was before. My relation to stress has changed over the years.

"When I was first in the first team, at 17 or 18, I felt no pressure at all. Nothing. It lasted for three to four years.

"Then things changed, injuries happened, I had poor games, and suddenly I started feeling the pressure. It weighed on my game.

"But since I turned 30, I don’t think about anything anymore, there’s no pressure."

Giggs could very well be leading out a young United side against Derby County in the Carling Cup semifinal tomorrow

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