Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship

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It is 25 years since Giggs' most famous moment as a player, but his controversial past has left him adrift of the elite game

The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz of chest hair, the twirling shirt, the body swerve to evade the fans who had run on the pitch in their euphoria. On Sunday, it is 25 years since Patrick Vieira, a genuine great of ’s midfield, played a wayward pass amid the high drama of an semi-final between the leading two English sides of the time.

In between the mazy runs and spontaneous skills, there is a clip of Best himself, analysing the teenager. “One day,” he says, “they might say I was another Ryan Giggs.” The video moves on to the goal at Villa Park — April 14, 1999 — that would be voted in 2004 as the greatest FA Cup moment of all time. Vieira gives the ball away and the audience start cheering. They know what is coming. So does the compere, Alan Keegan, usually United’s matchday announcer. “Oh, this is the one,” says Keegan.

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