Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is full of praise for his assistant, Ryan Giggs.

Van Gaal is delighted with Giggs' work ethic.

"Ryan is a hard worker and that is special as ex-players are not mostly hard workers because everything is prepared for players in the top clubs," he said. "He reads the game very well and is also learning now the training methods and being in front of the group to explain things. I think he is doing rather well. He can at the end be a manager, he can succeed me.

"Always in details, you have agreements and disagreements. It is always like that. But I don't think we have a lot of disagreements. I think it is fantastic to work with him.

"I would say Giggs is my right hand and Albert Stuivenberg [assistant coach] my left. Frans Hoek [goalkeeping coach] is also my right and left hand for the goalkeepers. I will ask them for advice all the time, and to my press officer, and to other staff. OK, I have to decide in the end!"