Trap in favour of move

IT seems Giovanni Trapattoni can’t help but feel vindicated by Darron Gibson’s move to Everton, to judge by the Ireland manager’s happy reaction to the news in Dublin yesterday.

“I’m sorry, but can I say, ‘at last’,” Trapattoni said with a grin. “He was always on bench, on bench, on bench, so this is an important move for him.”

And a potentially important move for Ireland too, with Trapattoni agreeing that the midfielder’s arrival at Goodison Park should increase his chances of grabbing one of the coveted 23 places on the Irish flight to the Euros.