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Giggs admits he "cried" after realising Man Utd playing career was over

Ryan Giggs admits he broke down after his final game for Manchester United.

The United assistant coach hung up the boots at the end of last season.

After saying goodbye to players and staff at Manchester Airport on returning from United's last game of the Barclays Premier League season at Southampton, Giggs revealed: "Yeah, we got off the plane at Manchester Airport.

"I was saying goodbye to the players, thanking them.

"Potentially saying goodbye to a lot of players for the last time, a bit of staff, and I'm not an emotional... well, I didn't think I was.

"I'm not a really emotional person but my car was parked right outside and I thought: 'I need to get in my car here'.

"I could feel myself getting emotional. So I get in my car and I just went, started crying, started getting really emotional and I think it was just a mixture of what I've just said, saying goodbye to people for maybe the last time, and the pressure that I put myself under."

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