Former Blackburn Rovers and Blackpool boss Paul Ince says Ryan Giggs will leave Manchester United to kickoff his managerial career.

Giggs had four matches in charge of the first team last season after David Moyes was sacked but Ince doesn't think it was necessarily a dress rehearsal.

"He told me he loved every minute but I don't think United can be his first permanent management job, and he won't think it can be," Ince, who began as a boss at League Two Macclesfield, told the Mail on Sunday.

"People will say if things don't go well for Van Gaal, Giggs will get the hot-seat, but that is miles away for me. You have to learn your trade outside the Premier League. Giggsy's not fussed, he knows that. If they turn around and offer him the job, he can't say no, but he is prepared to go down the levels to learn his trade."