Taken from soccernet.com
"Former England schoolboy international Giggs will continue his long quest to take Wales to a major championship when he lines up for Mark Hughes' side against Italy.
But Giggs, who was born in Cardiff and lived there until he was seven, is infuriated by suggestions he could have played for England, something he claims could never have happened.
Giggs said: `I'd rather go through my entire career without qualifying for a major championships than play for a country where I wasn't born and neither I or either of my parents had anything to do with. That's just stupid.'
Giggs went north with his parents when he was seven and his father became a professional rugby league player. Since then Giggs has always lived in the Salford area, where first Manchester City and then Manchester United offered him the chance to progress.
Giggs, 29 next month, said: `The problem came because I played for England Schoolboys. But that was because I went to school in England, no other reason, that was the criteria for selection, not where you were born.
`What has bugged me more than anything in my career is to keep on hearing people say I chose to play for Wales. I still hear it, people discussing it on the radio even now, it's very, very annoying for me.
`It's the question that has bugged me most for the last 10 years or so. I am Welsh, 100 percent. End of story. Both my parents and all my grandparents are Welsh. It's as simple as that, it's impossible for me to play for England.'"
I think why the media kept talking about it after all these years is because England so desparately needed a left winger, and theres none better than our very own Ryan Giggs. Its amazing how England failed to produce quality left midfilder over the years and you find countries like Ireland, Wales produces Duff and Giggs.
"Former England schoolboy international Giggs will continue his long quest to take Wales to a major championship when he lines up for Mark Hughes' side against Italy.
But Giggs, who was born in Cardiff and lived there until he was seven, is infuriated by suggestions he could have played for England, something he claims could never have happened.
Giggs said: `I'd rather go through my entire career without qualifying for a major championships than play for a country where I wasn't born and neither I or either of my parents had anything to do with. That's just stupid.'
Giggs went north with his parents when he was seven and his father became a professional rugby league player. Since then Giggs has always lived in the Salford area, where first Manchester City and then Manchester United offered him the chance to progress.
Giggs, 29 next month, said: `The problem came because I played for England Schoolboys. But that was because I went to school in England, no other reason, that was the criteria for selection, not where you were born.
`What has bugged me more than anything in my career is to keep on hearing people say I chose to play for Wales. I still hear it, people discussing it on the radio even now, it's very, very annoying for me.
`It's the question that has bugged me most for the last 10 years or so. I am Welsh, 100 percent. End of story. Both my parents and all my grandparents are Welsh. It's as simple as that, it's impossible for me to play for England.'"
I think why the media kept talking about it after all these years is because England so desparately needed a left winger, and theres none better than our very own Ryan Giggs. Its amazing how England failed to produce quality left midfilder over the years and you find countries like Ireland, Wales produces Duff and Giggs.
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