Ryan Giggs hits back at Zlatan Ibrahimovic over Class of 92 comments

Ibrahimovic said Giggs and others fuelled criticism of Pogba
• ‘Football is about having different opinions,’ says Giggs
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Ryan Giggs and his former Class of 92 teammates played over 3,000 games for Manchester United.
 Ryan Giggs and his former Class of 92 teammates played over 3,000 games for Manchester United. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images via Reuters
Ryan Giggs has responded to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s criticism of the Class of 92 by insisting players with “over 2,000 games between us” are entitled to have an opinion about Manchester United.
Ibrahimovic claimed in a newspaper interview that the loyalty of Giggs and other pundits like Gary Neville and Paul Scholes to Sir Alex Ferguson has fuelled criticism of Paul Pogba.
Ibrahimovic told the Daily Mirror that the criticism of Pogba dated back to his decision to walk away from Old Trafford and sign for Juventus in 2012 when Ferguson was still United manager.
“Only Nicky [Butt] is connected with the club now but when you play over 2,000 games between us, we are going to have an opinion,” said the Wales manager, Giggs, who made a record 963 appearances for United between 1991 and 2014. “Sometimes it’s positive, sometimes negative, but it doesn’t have an effect on results.
“We are supporters. That’s what football is about, having different opinions. But he [Ibrahimovic] obviously knows more about the club than us.”
Giggs and his former Class of 92 teammates – Neville, Scholes, Butt, David Beckham and Phil Neville – actually played a combined total of 3,450 games during the most successful period in United’s history.
Source:the guardian

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