Ryan Giggs set for talks with Jose Mourinho

Ryan Giggs is set for talks with Manchester United before deciding whether to end his lifelong association with the club or to continue in a role with new manager Jose Mourinho.

Fans will be cheered by the news that Mourinho is to announce the arrival of a big-name striker this week and Marcus Rashford has signed a new deal. But Giggs' departure after 29 years would be a major disappointment for them.

It is understood the club would like to him to stay but if there is no genuine job it is thought Giggs will cut his ties with the club.

He is currently on holiday in Dubai but is expected to meet executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and Mourinho this week to discuss how he would be expected to work in the new regime.



Giggs has been assistant to David Moyes and Louis van Gaal, for whom he led post-match analysis team meetings. In training he was in charge of the players who weren't in the first team but whose job it was to mimic the shape and tactics of the opposition.

Mourinho is expected to bring his usual assistants, Rui Faria and Silvino Louro, with him to United, so it is hard to see how Giggs could have a job with similar significance. His close friend Nicky Butt is head of the academy so there is no obvious role for him there.




Meanwhile United are keen to make a major signing following Mourinho's appointment. Woodward was in Milan on Saturday night watching the manager's targets Karim Benzema and Atletico's Saul Niguez and meeting agents at the Champions League final.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is available on a free and United are negotiating with his agent, who wants £220,000-a-week for his 34-year-old client.

Alvaro Morata of Juventus — who was given his debut by Mourinho at Real Madrid as a teenager — and Pierre-Emeric Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund are also under consideration.

Midfielders Andre Gomes (Valencia) and Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla) are both being targeted but Everton defender John Stones is tipped to join Manchester City once the Goodison Park club appoint a new manager.

Rashford has agreed terms that will see his wages leap from £1,500 to £25,000 a week, plus bonuses.

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