Ryan Giggs has been snapped soaking in the Caribbean sunshine on a romantic getaway with his girlfriend Zara Charles.
The couple, who share a child together, appeared smitten as they enjoyed a dip in the ocean on a beach near Bridgetown, Barbados, on Wednesday.
Wearing a pair of navy swimming shorts, 52-year-old Giggs was seen wiping his face as he trudged out of the sea to meet bikini-clad Charles, 38.
It is thought the pair are staying at the lavish Maddox Villa on the coast, where holidaymakers have to fork more than £10,000 per night.
And, with the World Cup now well underway, football seemed the last thing on the former Wales manager’s mind as he enjoyed the crystal clear waters with his lingerie model partner.
Giggs and Charles began dating just after the pandemic in 2021, and welcomed their first child together in November 2024.
Ryan Giggs, 52, has been snapped soaking in the Caribbean sunshine with his 38-year-old girlfriend Zara Charles
The couple were snapped trudging out of the ocean in Bridgetown, Barbados
Football seemed the last thing on Giggs’s mind as he the Caribbean’s crystal clear waters
Their daughter Cora was born at Wythenshawe Hospital, in Manchester, and became Giggs’s third child. He shares Libby, 23, and son Zach, 19, with his ex-wife Stacey Cooke.
Insiders previously claimed Stacey – who divorced him in 2017 – gave him and Charles her blessing.
The ex-Man United winger and Charles have often appeared smitten together, and just a couple of months ago enjoyed another romantic trip to a skiing resort in France.
Snaps posted to their Instagram accounts show the loved-up couple posing together with the icy hills in the background.
But while Giggs has been jet-setting across the globe with his partner, many of his Class of ’92 teammates have continued their work in the football industry.
Gary Neville is working for ITV on their World Cup coverage, Paul Scholes on his The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast while David Beckham’s Inter Miami earned their first ever trophy in the MLS Cup in December.
Giggs, meanwhile, has not found a new role as a head coach since he left his post as manager of Wales in 2022 amid allegations of domestic abuse against his ex-partner.
The allegations of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour towards Kate Greville and her sister Emma were withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2022.
The former Man United star has not found a job as a coach in football since leaving his post as Wales manager in 2022
A retrial was abandoned three years later after prosecutors pulled out of the case, with ex-girlfriend Greville declining to give evidence.
The star has always strongly denied the charges and said he felt ‘deeply relieved’ at the time, but the controversy has made rebuilding his public standing a challenge.
It was reported in January that the Premier League ‘shelved plans’ for Giggs to be inducted into their Hall of Fame while the Man United great faced domestic abuse charges.
Giggs had been intended to be an inaugural member of the Hall of Fame alongside Alan Shearer after the Premier League launched the concept, but he was ‘quietly withdrawn’ and has yet to be recognised despite being cleared in 2023.
Man United’s record appearance holder had most recently worked as a director of football at League Two club Salford City, but reportedly took a step back from day-to-day duties at the start of the season with the view of pursuing a return to full-time management.
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