Giggs: What I miss most from my playing career

With Louis van Gaal’s arrival in the manager’s hot seat for the 2014/15 campaign, Ryan became a coach during the Dutchman’s two-season stint at the helm, which culminated in us lifting the FA Cup at Wembley.

During that time, the Welsh wizard admitted that he didn’t realise how much went into being a coach, from watching countless hours of videos to eyeing up potential opponents.

“[I’ve experienced a] different approach, different people, different personalities. Obviously I had different international managers, but that’s only obviously a short space of time.

“That’s why I talk about Louis (van Gaal), regarding my coaching, because I was actually in his meetings for two years, [taking] responsibility, and I talk so fondly of him because that was really my first coaching role.”