I actually don't feel the years passing, although the younger players make sure to remind me of my age. If there's a clip of Bobby Charlton playing or a game's in black and white they'll ask: Were you playing in that Giggsy?

Messi is probably the best player of the last 20 years.

I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job.

There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. You listen to people who have finished and nothing replaces playing, but I'm still excited about not having to put my body through what I've put it through. And not feeling the disappointment that I feel.

I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.

When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.

He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school.