Source: SKY_Sports
Giggs lauds Reds pair
Ryan Giggs insists the 2009 PFA Players' Player of the Year is not guaranteed to come from Old Trafford.[LNB] The Manchester United stalwart is expected to be among the contenders for this season's crown after another standout campaign for the Red Devils.[LNB]The Welsh winger continues to belie his age, with his standards as high as they were when he broke into the United team as a precocious teenager.[LNB]At 35-years-old he will be hoping to be voted the best player in the country by his fellow professionals for the first time in his distinguished career.[LNB]However, he will face strong competition for the crown from team-mates and local rivals.[LNB]TerrificCristiano Ronaldo, who has taken the PFA title for the last two years, will once again be among the front-runners, as will United's defensive rock Nemanja Vidic.[LNB]With the Red Devils on course to claim an unprecedented quintuple this season, it is hard to imagine the prize heading to anyone outside of Sir Alex Ferguson's side.[LNB]However, with Liverpool having impressed at home and abroad this term, Giggs expects a number of contenders to emerge from the Anfield dressing room.[LNB]"(Steven) Gerrard and (Xabi) Alonso have been terrific this season," Giggs told United Review.[LNB]"Frank Lampard (at Chelsea) has had another good season as well so there are a lot of players who have done really well."[LNB]
