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Ryan Giggs' absence from Man United bench down to family illness and not Celtic rumours

The Welshman wasn’t at Old Trafford last night.

RYAN GIGGS’ ABSENCE from Manchester United’s 3-0 victory over Stoke City at Old Trafford on Tuesday has been put down to a family illness despite rumours he is set to become the manager of Celtic.

Reports before the clash on Tuesday claimed that the Welshman was set to leave his post as United’s assistant manager to succeed Ronny Deila at Parkhead following the Scottish champions’ League Cup semi-final loss to Ross County at the weekend.

But it has emerged that Giggs missed United’s win due to a family illness and not because of an imminent departure from the club he has served as a player, coach, interim manager and now assistant manager over a period of 29 years.

Deila is under pressure despite his side holding a six-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

It was believed that only a domestic treble was likely to see the Norwegian retained for next season, and Sunday’s 3-1 loss at Hampden Park has thrown his position under significant scrutiny.

And Giggs’ own future is in doubt due to United’s troubles under Louis van Gaal. The club’s indifferent form this season has led to speculation about a change of manager ahead of the proposed handover from Van Gaal to Giggs in the summer of 2017.

The 42-year-old is thought to be ready to leave Old Trafford if he is overlooked for the top job when it next becomes available.

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    May 30th 2017, 8:34 PM

    Oneill is being somewhat brace here. Putting out a second string side against a team like Mexico sounds somewhat daunting in my opinion

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    May 30th 2017, 8:35 PM

    **brave

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    May 30th 2017, 8:43 PM

    What time and channel will this game be on?

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    May 30th 2017, 9:25 PM

    @Peter Cavey: 1am thurs night/fri morning on eirsport

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    May 30th 2017, 9:46 PM

    Trouble posting also

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    May 31st 2017, 12:58 AM

    @Just Me: Thanks Just Me, for a while I thought it was….just me :-) I’ll get my coat.

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    May 30th 2017, 8:47 PM

    Testing?

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    May 30th 2017, 8:51 PM

    @Sloop John G: Apologies for the “testing” comment folks. It’s just that I’ve not been able to submit any comments over on the 42 for the past couple of days and was wondering if it’s the same on the Journal. Keep getting message saying there’s an error. Anybody else have this problem?

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    May 30th 2017, 8:59 PM

    @Sloop John G: yes

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    May 30th 2017, 9:28 PM

    @Sloop John G: I was wondering meself why the amount of comments posted has been so low the last few days, maybe there’s a new news app somewhere with a better comments section and nobody’s telling us.

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    May 30th 2017, 10:19 PM

    @Sloop John G: ya sloop, been happening to me too

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    May 31st 2017, 9:04 AM

    I was getting an error message when I tried to post.

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