With regular skipper Gary Neville injured, Giggs will lead out Manchester United this weekend when they face Chelsea in the first final at the newly rebuilt Wembley.

Victory will complete a memorable domestic double for Sir Alex Ferguson's side - the fourth time United have won both league and cup in the veteran manager's 20-year reign at Old Trafford.

For Giggs, though, success against United's closest rivals would wrap up a personal double that will confirm the winger as the most successful player of recent times.

United title success, secured last month with two games of the league programme, ensured Giggs collected an unprecedented ninth Premiership winners medal.

And another FA Cup triumph will nudge Giggs ahead of his former United colleagues Mark Hughes and Roy Keane in the list of all-time cup successes - and make the Welshman the first player since the 1800's to win the trophy for a fifth time.

"It will be great if he does it," Ferguson said. "To get five FA Cup medals is wonderful.

"Ryan will be captain for us and I think it does complete a remarkable season for the lad. Nine championships and the contribution he has made to us has been outstanding.

"It's amazing to think he just seems to carry on on a fantastic course of looking after himself and his fitness is amazing. So hopefully he will have a very successful day at Wembley."

Giggs, now 33, has figured in all of United's successes since he made his debut as a 17-year-old against Everton in 1991 and is on course to overtake Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time record of 752 appearances for the club.

Ferguson, though, is in no doubt that the player's achievements already mean he will be ranked amongst the game's greats irrespective of whether he continues to re-write the record books.

"He will be viewed as being up there with the very best even if he retired tomorrow," Ferguson added.

"I've said time and time again, for the lad who's been tramping up and down that left wing for the last 15 or 16 years, there's no player has done that in the history of the Premier League. He's been fantastic, unbelievable.

"You hope when you run your youth programme you are going to get players who are going to play for a long, long time in the first team and be successful.

"Ryan came to us as a 13-year-old lad and he is the only player I have seen who I was sure would be certain to make it.

"I remember saying to Bobby Charlton 'you have to come down and see this kid'. And all our opinions were absolutely correct.

"When young players come into the club now -- even Rooney and Ronaldo -- they are influenced by what he has achieved."