Gibson: Sorry Roy, Fergie’s alright by me

Darron Gibson and Roy Keane both left Old Trafford during Alex Ferguson’s time in charge of Manchester United, but the Derry man doesn’t go along with his Cork counterpart’s description of their old boss as ruthless.

The younger of the Irish midfielders made his debut for United in October of 2005, less than a week before Keane’s acrimonious departure, before ultimately following him out the exit door in January 2012 when he signed for Everton.

Highly-rated as a youngster with United, Gibson never lived up that promise and had fallen well down the pecking order by the time he left, but he had no desire to add to the criticisms aimed at Ferguson by Keane in his latest book.