Wales coach Ryan Giggs has defended his handling of Manchester United winger Daniel James' head injury in their clash with Croatia.

Giggs prompted a strong rebuke from the Headway charity last month after calling James "streetwise" for staying down following a heavy collision during the Euro 2020 qualifier against Croatia.

Asked if he regretted his comments, Giggs replied: "I don't know about regret, but maybe I could have worded it a little bit differently.

"As a manager I should be used to it, but I was a little bit frustrated that after two good performances I was having to talk about someone who didn't get concussion. I want to talk about football."

On Headway's response, Giggs said: "I was quite surprised that they didn't mention Ethan (Ampadu), who did come off with a head injury. An organisation like that not having faith in our medical department, which is outstanding.

"We brought Joe Allen out of a huge game (the 2018 World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland) and Kieffer Moore had five stitches in the game before.

"Nothing gets said about that, the easy target is Dan James because he plays for Man United. It creates headlines."

Giggs said Headway had not contacted him or the Football Association of Wales since the Croatia game on October 13.

"It's disappointing because they are questioning an outstanding medical department that are here and dealing with the situation," he said.

"It was just frustrating that in the couple of days after the game we were talking about that rather than two really good football performances."