Ryan Giggs has revealed that Paul Scholes was still pushing to play every week for Manchester United in the twilight of his career.
Both Giggs and Scholes elongated their United careers under Sir Alex Ferguson, with the Welshman breaking the club's appearance record and playing on past his 40th birthday.
Scholes, on the other hand, retired in May 2011 - before coming back out of retirement in January 2012. And Giggs has now told beIN SPORTS’s The Champions Club that it was Scholes' desire to play as much as he could that proved to be the difference.
Giggs admitted he became happy with a bit-part role, which meant he could continue as a player into his 24th season at Old Trafford.. “I adapted to it quite well, I got my head around it.
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