Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs out for revenge after Chelsea’s Double success last season

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Ryan Giggs has revealed that despite celebrating 20 years at Manchester United and becoming the most decorated player in Premier League history, seeing Chelsea win the Double last year still “winds” him up.

Speaking ahead of Tuesday’s match against the Blues, Giggs says he is hungry for success and will be going all out to ensure that he adds another Premier League medal to his already impressive haul.

He was quoted as saying by The Sun: “I don’t think about the titles I’ve won. I just look at the future.

“Last year, for example, when Chelsea won the Double – it winds you up. You don’t want it to happen again. You don’t want to feel like you did last summer.

“You want to feel like the year before when you won the league. It’s not the fear of failure. It’s just craving that feeling of winning the title.

“We lost by one point last year and it stays with you.

“You go on holiday, trying to enjoy yourself with the kids, and you do, but then you have a quiet moment, it comes back to you what happened and, I’ll say it, you’re p****d off. You’re on holiday and you’re just p****d off.”

Giggs is hoping that the next couple of weeks will be crucial in ensuring United will still be leading the way come the end of the season.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s side face Chelsea, a trip to Anfield at the weekend, a potential FA Cup tie against title rivals Arsenal and a home leg against Marseille in the Champions League.

“We’ve a big few weeks coming and they’ll determine how good this team is,” he added.

The Welshman also still remembers how he felt when United lost 2-0 to Barcelona in the Champions League final in Rome in 2009, and how he felt during his first full season at the club.

He added: “The worst I’ve ever felt was my first full season when we lost the league to Leeds – but the European Cup final in Rome, getting beaten by Barcelona, was a close second. That feeling of emptiness.

“You’re on the coach outside the stadium, you know you haven’t played well personally and you haven’t played well as a team.

“It’s the last game of the season and you’ll never get it back and you’re just gutted.

“We didn’t perform. That is the worst thing. At United you pride yourself that when you lose a goal you react. But we didn’t that night.”

When asked what the secret of his longevity is, the 37-year-old said: “It’s not one thing. It’s a mix. First of all, what you’re born with – genetics.

“Then you couple that with trying to live your life the right way.

“It’s a lot easier when you have quality around you, especially when you become older and rely on legs around you. If I didn’t, I’m sure I’d have finished two or three years ago.

“At the beginning it’s just desire to get in the first team and stay there.

“Then in later years, the desire is still there, the challenge is still there, and you enjoy it more because you can savour it.

“The more you enjoy it, the better you perform.”

Giggs also believes that the club’s board face a difficult task in the hunt for a new manager when Ferguson decides to retire.

He said: “It’s not impossible but it’s going to be tough. We’re talking about the most successful manager ever.

“I don’t know if he will be doing the job in 10 years but four or five years, no it wouldn’t surprise me, because his desire’s still there.”