Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs has received plenty of birthday messages and plaudits from figures within football over the last few days.

He has also received a couple of interesting birthday wishes from teammates Wilfried Zaha and Alexander Buttner as he celebrates turning 40 today.

Both players paid tribute to the Welshman on Instagram by posting photos of themselves wearing masks of Giggs's face.

Zaha accompanied his picture with the message, "happy birthday giggsy," while Buttner wrote, "happy birthday giggs #respect #legend."

Take a look at the photos below: