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Man Utd's Giggs: I won't do a Cantona

Ryan Giggs says he's a different animal to former Manchester United teammate Eric Cantona.

While Cantona gave the game away at 31, Giggs, now 36, has no plans to hang up the boots.

Giggs told the Independent on Sunday: "He was 31 and I think the challenges and the motivation for training and playing had just gone. But I still get the buzz going out at Old Trafford, and at Anfield with the atmosphere and the challenge.

"For me personally it's just about enjoying it, and the last couple of years I've enjoyed more than at any time in my career."

From an enviably talented field, Giggs picks Cantona as the best he has played with: "I'd say Eric just because of the effect he had on me overall, training-wise, and as a young player seeing someone prepare like he did. I probably played with people who were just as good, like Cristiano [Ronaldo], Peter Schmeichel, Roy Keane and Bryan Robson, but Eric for the effect he had on me at the time."

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