There may be more attractive propositions than Sunderland at the moment, but the prospect of resurrecting his career will be far more important to Darron Gibson.
Injuries have played a large part in the former Manchester United prospect playing just seven Premier League games in the last season-and-a-half.
But under Ronald Koeman he never even featured in the league, his only first team action this season being a 24 minute appearance off the bench in Everton's 4-0 League Cup second round win against Yeovil Town.
Yesterday, he joined Sunderland, linking up with his former Everton boss David Moyes, who's hoping he can see the midfielder re-discover himself in the north-east.
"We've got Darron on an 18-month contract and I think he’s a very good footballer; he'll add a bit of quality with his passing and his play and I'd love him to add goals.
"He has a really good strike and if he can add goals from midfield it would be a big bonus", Moyes said.
Sunderland sign Bryan Oviedo and Darron Gibson, meaning David Moyes can now field an entire team of ex-Man Utd/Everton outfielders pic.twitter.com/D8eZuoEy0s
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 30, 2017
He may be facing down the barrel of a relegation scrap, but at 29-years-old, he couldn't look down his nose on the strugglers.
They may be bottom of the table, but if you look at the glass being half-full, they're just three points from safety. And that's exactly what he's doing.
