Overview
- Giggs was asked to attend a March 2020 launch as an inaugural inductee alongside Alan Shearer, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic.
- After Giggs was charged with domestic-abuse-related offences in April 2021, the Premier League replaced him with Thierry Henry for the first cohort.
- He was cleared of coercive or controlling behaviour in 2023 after a retrial collapsed when the complainant declined to give evidence, yet he has not been selected since.
- A Premier League spokesman declined to comment on his omission and said shortlists are reviewed each year at the league’s discretion using factors such as voting data, eras, positions and achievements.
- His representatives discussed the Hall of Fame before November’s announcement without success, as debate continues over precedents of inducting players with past legal or disciplinary issues and over his record of 13 Premier League titles.