Man Utd latest: Giggs ready to cut ties; Neville linked with role; Jose's call revealed

Jose Mourinho is prepared to find a place for Ryan Giggs on his Manchester United coaching staff, but not in the role of assistant manager, according to Sky sources. Mourinho will take his trusted deputy Rui Faria to Old Trafford as assistant manager though, meaning an effective demotion for Giggs if he agrees to stay at the club. However, Mourinho holds the former winger's achievements at United in high regard and is keen to find a role for him to extend his 29-year association with the Red Devils.

Brian Kidd and Gary Neville are shock contenders to become part of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United revolution. The Red Devils want Kidd to ditch rivals Manchester City and become new boss Mourinho’s right-hand man following Louis van Gaal’s sacking yesterday. And the Portuguese also plans to sound out Neville about joining his backroom team.

Ryan Giggs was giving serious consideration to ending his 28-year association with Manchester United on Monday night after being overlooked for the manager’s job in the wake of the sacking of Louis van Gaal, who expressed acute disappointment at his dismissal, writes James Ducker. Jose Mourinho will be appointed as Van Gaal’s successor on a three-year deal worth about £36 million – possibly as early as Tuesday – but Giggs was agonising over whether to accept a role on the former Chelsea manager’s coaching staff as he came to terms with the disappointment of being denied his dream job for a second time.

Louis van Gaal knew he was finished at Manchester United in a shock phone call... from his successor Jose Mourinho, writes David McDonnell. Van Gaal was finally sacked on Monday after two years in charge, with former Chelsea boss Mourinho set to replace him on a three-year deal. But it has emerged Mourinho rang the Dutchman, with whom he worked at Barcelona, himself to admit United had sounded him out about the Old Trafford job.

Louis van Gaal would have walked away from Manchester United for nothing if he felt that the club had handled his dismissal better. Van Gaal has waived compensation deals in the past and he was originally willing to do so at United, but it is understood that he was so annoyed about the manner of his dismissal that he demanded the payoff in full.