Sunderland, the club that signed Wes Brown and John O'Shea from Manchester United this summer transfer season was reported to have made offer also for Darron Gibson. But they completed signing Brown and O'Shea but Darron Gibson was left out from joining the team at Stadium of Light.
"He was at the point of going to Sunderland and somewhere along the line, I don't know exactly when, I think Sunderland moved the goalposts," said Sir Ferguson.
"I suppose their job is to try and save money.
"From what I can gather, they gave him an offer and then changed it."
"Darron was undecided about what to do when we made the group up to come here - and we both felt he'd be better staying back," added Ferguson.
"He seems to be in limbo at the moment."