Giggs Aims To Motivate

Manchester United assistant manager Ryan Giggs thoroughly enjoyed his first season as second in command to Louis van Gaal and is committed to getting the best out of the current squad.

The club legend admits adapting to a new mindset has been the toughest challenge he has faced in his new role, but he remains determined to become the best trainer he can possibly be.

“The biggest thing you learn going from player to coach is not to think like a player anymore, but to think like a coach,” Ryan told ManUtd.com at the Aon Training Complex. "As a player you’re pretty selfish – you want to do well and you know what you’re capable of doing and how to achieve it.

"I wanted to be the best as a player and I want to be the best as a coach. That means working hard and doing everything you can to achieve that, but also enjoying the challenge."

Now settled into life as a coach, Giggs is solely focused on ensuring the approach he had as a player can be passed on to those who are now under his charge, so that he and van Gaal can extract the optimum level of performance from the players.

"You need to get the best out of 25, maybe 30, different individuals,” he added. “So you need to find what makes them tick and how you’re going to get the best out of them.”