FOOTBALLER SEX SCANDAL: Natasha Giggs confesses her regrets over Ryan affair

 23rd December 2011

Regrets: Natasha Giggs has said her affair with footballer Ryan was 'unforgivable'

Natasha Giggs has revealed how her eight year affair with Ryan Giggs went from thrilling to seedy and has confessed she was a fool to risk everything.
The mother-of-two, who was married to Giggs' brother Rhodri, has said she committed the ultimate betrayal for the thrill of secret sex with the famous footballer.
And now the 29-year-old wants her husband back and is determined to earn his forgiveness.
She told The Sun: 'At the beginning it was thrilling to know that someone as famous and as admired as Ryan wanted to be in bed with me.
'But by the end it became so seedy.'
Natasha first met Giggs in a Manchester nightclub in March 2003 but started dating brother Rhodri two months later and married him last year.
But she carried on seeing his 38-year-old brother and only decided to expose their illicit affair when she discovered Giggs had been cheating on her with Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas.
And instead of breaking the news to Rhodri herself, Natasha decided to reveal all to a Sunday newspaper and fly off on holiday with her two children –a decision she now says is 'unforgivable'.
Natasha explained: 'I was such a coward. But I couldn't bear to tell Rhodri in person because it would have killed me to witness the terrible pain I caused him.'
It was left to her mother to knock on the couple's house the morning the news broke with a copy of the paper, which was strewn with intimate details of her affair.
And Rhodri made his feelings clear to his wife, by serving her with divorce papers weeks later on their first wedding anniversary.
Although the pair have met up since they are still separated but Natasha, who has agreed to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house next month, is determined to win her husband back.

Betrayal: Natasha Giggs has revealed she wants husband Rhodri back

Married man: Ryan Giggs arrives with his wife of eight years, Stacey for Manchester United 2011 Player of the Year award at Old Trafford, shortly before details of his lurid affairs were revealed

She said: 'There would be no more lies, no more sneaking around. I'm just focusing on the future. I'm hoping by our second wedding anniversary comes Rhodri will be back home with the children and me.'
And Natasha said she hopes time can heal the pain, as Giggs wife Stacey has learnt to forgive her husband and both have presented a united front in public since the news broke.

Gagged: Big Brother star Imogen Thomas was slapped with a super-injuction by Ryan Giggs as he tried to hush up their affair

Happier times: Rhodri Giggs was devastated to find out his brother Ryan and wife Natasha were having an affair for eight years

At the time the news broke a friend of Rhodri said: ‘Rhodri is really, really cut up about the whole thing. Seeing these dreadful allegations by a woman he thought he loved splashed over several pages of a Sunday tabloid is not helping at the moment and he is feeling very, very raw.
'He is unable to go out and show his face in public and he feels he is being compelled to live the life of a hermit while his wife splurges details of this sordid matter all over the place. He is the victim.’

Close bond: Ryan Giggs with his brother Rhodri (left) growing up

 

SOCCER & GLOBAL BRAND: Manchester United reports record loss despite revenue rise

SOCCER & GLOBAL BRAND: Manchester United reports record loss despite revenue rise

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.- Manchester United posted an annual net loss of 83.6 million pounds ($132 million) after costs associated with the huge debts racked up by the club’s American owners wiped out record revenues.

In the financial results released Friday for the year ending June 30, United reported record revenues of 286.4 million pounds based on the strength of marketing and broadcasting income. The club’s operating profit exceeded 100 million pounds for the first time.

But the impact was largely erased by the payments to manage the club’s debts, which are around 750 million pounds, and costs related to a controversial bond issue.

“We have a long-term financing structure in place, excellent revenues that are growing, we are controlling our costs—total wages are 46 percent of turnover—and we can afford the interest on our long-term finance,” United chief executive David Gill said. “In our opinion if something changed in the ownership this club will survive and continue—it is covering the financing cost more than adequately.”

The Premier League giant’s record losses are a big swing from the 25.5 million-pound profit from the previous financial year, which came after the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for a world record 80 million pounds.

There has been no similar big-name signing to replace the Portugal winger, despite cash reserves of 163.8 million pounds reported in the latest financial figures released Friday.

But the 18-time English champions spent only around 25 million pounds on new players in the most recent offseason, while neighbor Manchester City lavished more than 120 million pounds of its wealthy Abu Dhabi owner’s funds on strengthening the squad.

“We still have cash to invest in players and to give good contracts to players and we are comfortable with the business model,” Gill said. “We have money in the bank so there is zero pressure … to sell any star player whether it is Wayne Rooney or X,Y or Z.”

After seven matches of the season, United is third in the standings—five points adrift of Chelsea and a point behind City.

The latest financial results will provide more ammunition for the protest movement that fans launched in January in a bid to force out the Glazer family.

Similarly intense protests at Liverpool, also coupled with crippling debts following a leveraged takeover, have forced American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. to put the club up for the sale. They are now trying to block a 300-million-pound bid by the owners of the Boston Red Sox, saying the offer undervalues the club.

United had no debts before Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer took control in 2005.

But the new figures show interest payments chewed up 40.2 million pounds as the club’s debts rose slightly to 521.7 million pounds. That figure that does not include 225 million pounds of payment-in-kind loans, which carry an interest rate of 16.25 percent and don’t appear in the latest accounts.

Part of the losses relate to one-off payments of 47 million pounds after bank loans were turned into a seven-year bond issue that raised 504 million pounds earlier this year to replace long-term financing and reduce debts to hedge funds.

Forbes magazine recently estimated that United is worth $1.8 billion— making it the most valuable football team in its rankings for the sixth straight year.

“Manchester United are at no risk of going bust,” said investment analyst Andy Green, a United fan whose personal website tracks the club’s finances. “The tragedy for the club is that so much of the profits are wasted in interest, fees and charges.”

The Manchester United Supporters’ Trust said the club will be vulnerable if performances on the pitch decline when 68-year-old manager Alex Ferguson eventually retires.

“When Sir Alex retires the chances of maintaining anything like the same level of success look remote without massive investment,” the group said. “So the clock is ticking for the Glazers—and for the supporters too