Ryan Giggs plans to restart his football management career as soon as he can after prosecutors dropped domestic violence charges against the ex-Man United star
- The ex-Man United winger was cleared of a domestic violence case on Tuesday
- Giggs is now targeting a stunning return to football management in the future
- The 49-year-old previously coached Man United and the Wales national side
Ryan Giggs will seek to restart his managerial career as soon as possible after domestic abuse charges against him were dropped.
The former Manchester United winger and Wales boss will no longer face a retrial and was found not guilty after his former girlfriend – who had accused him of controlling or coercive behaviour – said she did not wish to give evidence for a second time.
Those close to Giggs say that the 49-year-old wishes to waste little time before returning to football at the highest level possible after the Crown Prosecution Service withdrew the case against him.
He is understood to strongly believe his reputation remains intact following the verdict and had always protested his innocence.
Giggs had impressed during his three years in charge of his national team, a role he eventually left in June 2022 after initially stepping aside in November 2020.
Former Wales national team boss Ryan Giggs is targeting a return to football management after prosecutors dropped a domestic violence case against him
The charges against the ex-Manchester United footballer, 49, were withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service at a hearing at Manchester Crown Court
The 49-year-old’s first managerial venture came as Man United’s caretaker boss in 2014, before later taking charge of the Welsh national side in 2018
There is thought to be a feeling of unfinished business given Giggs did not get the opportunity to take them to a major tournament. Giggs’s own club could provide a way back in at some point.
He has been working at Salford City, where he is a co-owner, as director of first team performance and is said to have been enjoying the role. However fellow former United player Neil Wood is their current manager and led Salford to seventh in League Two in his first season in charge.
Giggs, whose life has effectively been on hold since he was first arrested, faced a month-long trial last year over the claims but an 11-person jury failed to reach a verdict and a retrial was scheduled.
Aside from controlling and coercive behaviour the former winger was also facing a charge of assault after allegedly head-butting ex Kate Greville during an argument at his home and a further charge of common assault of Emma Greville, Kate’s sister, by elbowing her in the mouth.
Giggs had denied all the allegations and the charges were withdrawn at Manchester Crown Court today where a not guilty verdict was registered. Peter Wright KC, for the prosecution, said Kate Greville had ‘indicated an unwillingness’ to give evidence in a re-trial as doing so in the first one had ‘taken its toll’ on her and her sister.
Representing Giggs, Chris Daw KC said: ‘Mr Giggs is deeply relieved that the case has finally come to an end after almost three years of fighting to clear his name. He has always been innocent of these charges.
‘He’s now been found not guilty of all the charges and going forward would like to rebuild his life and career as an innocent man.’
Giggs won numerous titles at Manchester United and regularly captained the club later on in his career (pictured in 2009)
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