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Giggs waiting for Man Utd contract offer

Ryan Giggs' priority is a new playing deal at Manchester United.

Giggs will consider becoming a manager elsewhere if he is not offered a playing contract and talks with incoming manager Louis van Gaal about staying on the coaching staff do not go well.

"I honestly don't know what I'll do next season. It's something I haven't experienced before and I'll go away, chill out and make a decision," he said. "I'm lucky that I have a lot of options.

"If you really think about it, it could be a sad time but also an exciting time as well. Over the last couple of years I've had inquiries to go somewhere. But not in the past couple of weeks.

"I'm open to so many things but I've got to seriously think about it, and that's what I'll do - whether to still play, whether to stay here, whether to go somewhere else, whether to chill out for a year and take a step back, as I've been in football since I left school.

"Managing another club would be strange but I've got a little taste of management now and what I've been through in the last couple of weeks is a pretty good apprenticeship. I'm around next week and go away on Friday. It's around that time when I'll start thinking about it.

"I could get pushed next week on telling them what I want to do but from my side I'm not in a rush."

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