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The dramatic decline of Darron Gibson: Dubbed the 'next Paul Scholes' by Fergie at Manchester United, he suffered drink-drive shame and x-rated rows with fans in a bar, and has now been released by Salford after playing just FOUR GAMES

Darron Gibson went from lifting the Premier League alongside Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at Manchester United to them paying his wages in the fourth division.

Now his former team-mates, and friends, made the decision as Salford City owners to show him the door and not extend his six-month deal after League Two clubs voted to end the season early amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Gibson faces the prospect of non-League football unless he can convince another Football League side to throw him a bone. But how has it come to this: a Premier League winner under Sir Alex Ferguson scrambling for his eighth professional club?