Ryan Giggs was Manchester United interim manager for four games in 2014
Ryan Giggs is set to be named the new Wales manager on a four-year contract.
The
Football Association of Wales has called a news conference for Monday
afternoon in Cardiff, where the former Manchester United winger is
expected to be unveiled.
Provided there is no late hitch, Giggs will be announced as the successor to Chris Coleman, who left for Sunderland in November.
Craig Bellamy, Osian Roberts and Mark Bowen were also interviewed.
The
panel set up to conduct the search, led by FAW chief executive Jonathan
Ford, is expected to put the finishing touches to the agreement on
Monday morning.
The recruitment panel decision does not have to go
to the ruling council of the association because they have full powers
to make the choice.
Giggs, who has long been a target for the FAW,
was one of the favourites for the role once Coleman departed after
Wales failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
Captain to manager?
Giggs
won 64 caps between 1991 and 2007 and captained his country - but he
was criticised for regularly pulling out of squads and especially for
missing friendly matches.
The Manchester United great was in
caretaker charge of the Red Devils for four games at the end of the
2013-14 season following the sacking of David Moyes.
He spent the next two seasons as Louis van Gaal's assistant but left after Jose Mourinho was appointed manager at Old Trafford.
Giggs lost out on the Swansea job to Bob Bradley after being interviewed for the manager's role at the Liberty Stadium in October 2016.
It
is understood that Bellamy and Roberts, who is the FAW's technical
director, also had their supporters at Welsh football's governing body.
Bellamy, 38, won 78 caps and is the country's fourth most-capped player.
The
former Newcastle, Liverpool and Blackburn forward is currently an
academy coach at Cardiff City, where he ended his playing career in
2014.
Roberts has worked throughout all age grades in the Welsh
system and been widely credited for helping to produce the talented crop
of youngsters who will be at the disposal of the new senior manager and
was Coleman's assistant boss during a spell in which Wales reached the
semi-finals of Euro 2016.
Tony Pulis was also among the initial
contenders to succeed Coleman, but he ruled himself out when he became
Middlesbrough manager last month.
Bowen was available after
leaving Stoke, where he was assistant to boss Mark Hughes until the
latter was sacked by the Potters on 6 January.
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