Darron Gibson’s past comments on Phil Nevill are very interest now, amid Sunderland links

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Phil Neville is said to be interested in taking over at the Stadium of Light and managing Sunderland.

Sunderland midfielder Darron Gibson may be leading the support of Phil Nevill being given the manager’s job at the Stadium of Light.

ESPN have reported on how Neville wants to take over from Simon Grayson at Sunderland.

And although Sunderland fans do not seem keen on the idea of Neville being placed at the helm, Gibson may be more supportive of the idea.

Three years ago, Gibson backed Neville to be Everton’s next boss, when David Moyes left.

He said: “It wouldn’t be a bad thing if he did come in – he’s a good coach. I think he knew he was coming to the end of his playing career and he turned to the coaching side and helped David Moyes a lot over the past few weeks so I’d be glad to see him get some sort of job at Everton.

“Nev knows the club inside out. He knows all the staff and the players well so it wouldn’t be a bad thing if he got the job.”

Neville was not given the Everton job at that time, and he ended up taking the number two job at Valencia to aid his managerial career.

If Neville was to be given the Sunderland job it would be a major risk by the Wearside club.

Sunderland are currently sat at the bottom of the Championship table, with just one victory all season, and placing an inexperienced boss in charge at such a pressurised time would be a huge gamble.

Sunderland are expected to announce their new manager in the coming days, before their next match against Millwall in two weekends’ time.