Monday 15 February 2016 09:34, UK
Former Manchester United winger Lee Sharpe has backed Ryan Giggs to be a success should he be given the manager’s job at Old Trafford.
Current United boss Louis van Gaal's future is under constant scrutiny with both Giggs and Jose Mourinho linked to taking over at Old Trafford next season.
And Sharpe, who played alongside Giggs at United during the early ninties, thinks his former team-mate would be a success in the Old Trafford dugout.
"I'd like to see him have a go but it's another tough one," Sharpe told Soccer AM.
"The man's a legend and to go in there and fail after six months to get the sack, it ruins his credibility a little bit. But I do think he's got as good a chance as anybody of being a success at Old Trafford.
"He knows the club. He knows what it needs. I just hope he's get someone in around him who's a bit more experienced to help him out. I think he'd be great."
Since Sir Alex Ferguson retired at the end of the 2012/13 season, United have seen David Moyes come and go as manager before replacing him with Van Gaal.
United finished seventh in the season after Ferguson guided them to the title in his last season before Van Gaal steered them back into the Champions League with a fourth place finish last year.
And Sharpe, who thinks Fergsuon's management was worth 10 to 12 points a season, is not surprised to see United struggling to make the Champions League.
"Just because of the way he is he's worth 10 to 12 points a season to any team and you lose that and all of a sudden you're struggling to make the Champions League," Sharpe added.
"He'd mentioned it [retiring] a few years before and then decided not to and carried on. I knew it [retirement] couldn't have been too far away.
"The team probably needed an injection of new players before he left. The team was probably jaded when he did go."
