Where does Giggs rank among the Premier League greats?

With Ryan Giggs becoming the first and only player to score in all 17 seasons of the Premier League, I want to pose a question to you. Is Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE the greatest player ever to grace the Premier League?

Having been at Manchester United since 1990 he made his debut against Everton in 1991 aged 17 years old, and has become an integral part of the football club, producing performance after performance to cement his place on the left side of midfield. His first major honour was the 1992 League Cup where he helped United defeat Nottingham Forest, with Giggs providing the assist to Brian McClair's winner. Soon after, his first individual honour was claimed, the 1992 PFA Young Player of the Year.

A plethora of honours have subsequently followed, 10 Premier League titles, 4 F.A. Cups, 2 Champions League wins, a hatful of other trophies and individual accolades, but incidentally never a Player of the Year award (PFA or Writers) which I find very surprising for a player who has played as consistently as he has over the years.

Overlooking this, he is indeed a true record breaker, the only Manchester United player to have played in all ten Premier League winning teams, only player to win 10 league titles, only player to have scored in eleven consecutive Champions League tournaments, only player to have scored in thirteen different Champions League tournaments and holds the League's record for most all time goal assists with 289. He is extraordinary, unequalled and a phenomenon.

His success has been unparalleled on the field, and you would be hard pressed to find a more decorated player. He never complains about playing out of position, he is never caught in compromising situations and he never criticises his fellow professionals. He himself is the consummate professional.

And has even appeared in The Simpsons . . . how many footballers can say that. Given this, can he be considered the greatest, the best and most splendiferous player to have graced the Premier League...EVER! Forget, Zola, Bergkamp, Cantona et al. Ryan Giggs is the high-water mark.