On Ryan Giggs's 43rd birthday, we recount the tale of how he came to sign for Manchester United, courtesy of an excerpt from the opening chapter of 'Ryan Giggs: The Man For All Seasons', the official tribute to the legend's illustrious career...
The boy who could fly
Watching a 13-year-old Ryan Wilson glide across a football pitch moved Alex Ferguson to evoke comparisons with a cocker spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind. Had a story-teller prophesied how his career would pan out, it would surely have been dismissed as being pure quixotic fantasy.