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Man Utd legend Robson delighted for Giggs over game No600

Manchester United legend Bryan Robson is delighted Ryan Giggs will be making his 600th appearance at Tottenham tomorrow.

Robson was one Giggs' idols growing up.

The Thailand coach told the Daily Mail: "The first time I saw Giggsy he was playing for Salford Boys against United's apprentices. He was thin and wiry but he just glided past four of our apprentices as if they weren't even there, then he put the ball in the back of the net. I just thought: 'This kid's an absolute natural.'

"The gaffer was watching from the office window and signed him up not long after that. He's a great ambassador for the club and the game but he's had his moments with the boss!

"He once asked me if he should ask the gaffer for a car, soon after he'd made his debut. He went in to see him and we could hear the roar all the way down the corridor. The boss threw him out of the office and told him to come back when he was a proper player.

"It was great for the senior pros to have Giggsy around, though. When he came out after training all the girls would mob him and Lee Sharpe, and we could nip out the back door without anyone bothering us."

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