Ryan Giggs shows his age as the Manchester United midfielder recounts 'going out to The Hacienda' nearly 25 years ago

Ryan Giggs may have been praised for maintaining the youth of a 25-year-old on the pitch, but his music taste has left him exposed as the 40-year-old he is.

The Manchester United legend has recalled his favourite music tracks of all time, and reflected on nights out at The Hacienda almost 25 years ago. Revealing his chosen playlist in an interview with Spotify, Giggs has spoken of his loves for bands such as the Stone Roses, N.W.A and Maxwell.

Having been praised by his former team-mate Gary Neville for his performance in United’s 5-0 Champions League victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night, Giggs has finally showed his age as he’s also revealed the tunes that fill the family car on the school run and the film soundtracks that he enjoyed during his own school days – Top Gun, Back to the Future and Ghostbusters all feature.

"What Ryan is doing now is absolutely incredible,” praised Neville. “If you didn't know he was Ryan Giggs, you didn't know his age and you just watched the game [against Leverkusen], you could argue he was 25.”

However, for one of the first times in his career, the 40-year-old has looked a little out-dated when he was asked if there was a year that stands out musically, in which he answered: “1989 or 1990.

“My memories of that time, going out to the Hacienda and various other clubs and pubs with friends, are really powerful. It’s always nice to be taken back instantly to that moment when you hear a certain song from then. Something like Stone Roses’ Fools Gold or N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton.”

The school days were a much lighter affair though, with a number of film soundtracks taking centre stage in the midfielder's early years.

“Any tracks from those classic 80’s movies like Top Gun, Back To The Future, Teen Wolf, Ghostbusters – things like Starship and Huey Lewis & The News!” said Giggs. “The other two I immediately think of are Marvin Gaye singing Ain’t No Mountain High Enough and Womack & Womack’s Teardrops.”

Having gone on to make his debut for the United first team on March 2, 1991 – the number one single at the time was ‘Do the Bartman’ by The Simpsons – Giggs has made a record 626 Premier League appearances, although he doesn’t need to worry about becoming the oldest player to grace the top flight just yet, with John Burridge’s record of playing for rivals Manchester City against Queens Park Rangers in 1995 coming when the goalkeeper was 43 years and 162 days old.

So what about today? Giggs explained that he often embarrasses his two daughters on their way to school.

“There are two we always have on; Adele’s Hometown Glory and Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe,” Giggs explained. “The other thing that always happens is my daughters tell me off for singing the wrong words to every single song.”

And finally, his all-time favourite?

“It’s a very, very close one for me, but I think it has to be The Stone Roses.”

Giggs' playlist in full: