Evans: Gibson has Scholes' ability to score goals

Northern Ireland international Jonny Evans believes the Republic of Ireland's Darron Gibson has the goalscoring ability of Manchester United team mate Paul Scholes.

The United defender said: "He has got that ability to score goals from the middle of the field, you look at Scholes over the years, he brought us that.

"You look at Darron Gibson and he is good at getting into those areas and setting himself up for shots."

However, it took Gibson a while to find his form after loan deals to Royal Antwerp and Wolves which lead to speculation that he might be offloaded from Old Trafford.

But Evans said that Alex Ferguson saw something in Gibson to want to keep him in the squad.

He said: "There is always speculation about players. I think he will admit himself when he went to Wolves, he didn't play as much as he wanted and you automatically think 'you can't get into Wolves' team, then you can't play for Manchester United'.

"The manager (Alex Ferguson) sees different qualities that other managers don't see."