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“I know he was very disappointed to leave the Wales job,” Dave Adams, the FAW’s chief football officer who worked alongside Giggs for a year, told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n
“We’d qualified for the Euros, which is a big achievement, but he never got the chance to go there with the team. <\/p>\n
“I’m sure that was really difficult for him and I would guess he still has that drive to feel the success as a head coach that he did as a player.<\/p>\n
“When managers have been out of the game, you can look at going back as an assistant, but it has to be at a level of work that is respectful to you and your experience.<\/p>\n
“If there was a former team-mate managing somewhere it could be an easy fit, but of that generation there are not many at a level that would benefit him. <\/p>\n
“It is such a competitive market and young coaches are very prominent now, so there won’t be as many opportunities that would work for him.<\/p>\n
“If you were an owner of a club, you still have that track record as a player of being part of a winning culture, a serial winner, someone who would demand high standards. <\/p>\n
“His track record with Wales shows how he managed a successful transition period, which owners are looking for in managers now. The game does move on very quickly, but when I last spoke to Ryan he was spending a lot of his time watching games, so he is keeping on top of things and I’m sure he would be able to adapt.”<\/p>\n