GIGGS WANTS TEN

Last updated : 12 June 2007 By editor

Ryan Giggs, "I'm already looking forward to playing in a season where everyone refers to us as champions. I want to go on and win it again. I don't want to dwell on achievements.

"I still feel like there's work to be done. Even after winning the league this season, I just want next year to come. The satisfaction of winning this one was really high because the standard required to win the league is so much higher now than in previous years.

"The bar has been raised, first by Arsenal and then by Chelsea, since we last won it in 2003. It was a big challenge for us, but also for every club in the league because Chelsea have got the financial capability to go out and buy any player they want. When they're all fit they could put two teams out, and two quality teams at that.

"We are lucky in the respect that they had a few injuries. Up until the last few weeks we were reasonably OK in terms of injuries. But I think we were due that bit of luck because we've had injuries in that past few seasons and that's really worked against us. But we certainly made the most of it.

"It's a relatively young squad that we have and there aren't too many players that have won it before. It's always nice for the younger lads, like Wayne and Cristiano, but also for the other lads who've joined recently - Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Ji-sung Park.

"The one thing the manager offers any player that comes here, is trophies. That was one of the first things I thought about when I knew we'd won the title seeing the look on their faces. I know how I felt when I won my first league, it was brilliant.

"I think people could see the promise this team had, but we had to prove how good we are. We've done that now, and hopefully it gives us the platform to go on and win more trophies.

"Hopefully, it gives the players who have not won the league before the confidence to go out next year knowing that they can do it again. The experience of having done it before will be a real asset for those players, because you know how to deal with certain games and the twists and turns of a title race.

"I'm proud of my nine titles but I'm not thinking of it as the ninth title I've won, I'm just glad to have won the league this season having gone three years without it. That means more to me, that we've got the title back, than any personal achievement.

"When you start out in your career as a player you set yourself goals and targets. When I was in the youth team all I wanted to do was get into the first team. Once you're there you really want to stay in the side and keep your place.

"As for winning trophies, I wanted to win as many as possible, but you can't set out to win a certain amount of e titles or so many cups. I didn't anyway.

"I've always just gone out looking to do well in each competition, trying to win every trophy available. And when I've won one, I focus on trying to win another one."