Gibson a fresh O’Neill injury worry with jarred knee

MARTIN O’NEILL will be anxiously waiting on news from Everton today where Darron Gibson is to undergo tests after sustaining an injury in training.

Just minutes before the Ireland manager faced the media in Dublin yesterday to announce his latest squad, he learned that the FAI had received a text from the club’s physio to say the midfielder had jarred a knee in training and, while the initial assessment was that the problem was not too serious, it was clear it would not be possible to give a definitive verdict until he undergoes a more thorough examination today.

With less than three weeks to go to the Euro qualifier against Scotland in Glasgow, it’s another midfield worry for O’Neill who has already lost Wes Hoolahan to an ankle injury and could also be without Glenn Whelan who is recovering from a leg fracture.