Memories of great Cup goal resurface amid Giggs speculation


Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal (R) and assistant Ryan Giggs chat ahead of their team's English Premier League soccer match against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

LONDON (Reuters) - A combination of a stony countenance and a couple of throwaway comments from an old chum was all it took to spark speculation about Ryan Giggs's future at Manchester United this week.

It all came before a match guaranteed to remind every United fan what a revered position Giggs holds at the club, with Monday's FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal prompting inevitable memories of when the Welshman scored what might just be the competition's greatest goal.

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