Jose Mourinho set to talk Ryan Giggs back at Old Trafford

 

Jose Mourinho is set to hold talks with Ryan Giggs in a bid to keep him at Manchester United.

Giggs was assistant manager under Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford with the Dutchman finally axed on Monday evening.

United have made Giggs an offer to stay at the club in a 'downgraded' role and it is our understanding he is set on leaving United.

However, according to reports by the Manchester Evening News, Mourinho is ready to make a last-ditch attempt to keep Giggs at the club.

It is reported Brian Kidd has been earmarked as a shock replacement for Giggs. City coach Kidd, who scored in United's 1968 European Cup final win on his 19th birthday, played for the club for seven years before he returned as a community coach in the late 1980s.

City insist Kidd is 'going nowhere' but the prospect of returning to the club he served impeccably as player and coach could tempt the 66-year-old back to United.

Sir Alex Ferguson promoted Kidd to assistant manager in 1991, and the duo presided over four Premier League title wins, two FA Cup triumphs and a League Cup win.

Their relationship, however, soured after Kidd left Ferguson to manage Blackburn in 1998. Ferguson severely criticised Kidd in his autobiography over his preference to sign John Hartson over Dwight Yorke, and criticised the Manchester-born coach as 'insecure'.

Kidd was upset by Ferguson's comments and his association with United was tainted in the eyes of supporters when he was confirmed as Leeds' head coach on the eve of United's February 2001 trip to Elland Road. Kidd has spent the last seven years at City and is expected to be a part of Pep Guardiola's coaching staff.

Giggs left United's Carrington training ground early on Monday morning and headed to his restaurant George's in Worsley, where he was described as 'having a face like thunder'.

One source claimed Giggs had said his goodbyes to groundsmen at United's training complex before he left the premises, however the club did not comment on his future in the statement announcing Van Gaal's departure.

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