4 Manchester United legends who never played in the World Cup

#2 Ryan Giggs

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Ryan Giggs will tear you apart, they said, and Giggs certainly tore apart his opposition during his playing career in the colours of Manchester United. The most decorated player in the world, Ryan Giggs won a record 13 Premier League titles – he was a part of every Title winning Manchester United team in the Premier League era! The Welshman also won 4 FA Cups, 3 League Cups, 9 Community Shields, 2 Champions League titles, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cup and 1 FIFA Club World Cup. He appeared a record 963 times for Manchester United in his career, scoring 168 goals and was one of the finest footballers in the world.

Few men could instill fear into the opposition defenders as Ryan Giggs throughout his career, yet it was a pity that one of the best left wingers in the world never appeared in the FIFA World Cup. Giggs played 64 games for the Wales Team, scored 12 goals and came close to qualifying for the Euro 1992, but in the end, it was Germany who qualified at the expense of Wales. Even though Giggs was a part of the World Cup Qualifying campaigns in numerous occasions, Wales could never qualify for the FIFA World Cup and the tournament could never witness Ryan Giggs, running down the wings.

As of now, Giggs is the manager of the Wales Team, a job his took at the start of the year. Hopefully, the Welsh wizard will finally be able to achieve something that eluded him as a player – taking Wales to the FIFA World Cup.