True enough, he was a successful squad player at Manchester United under Ferguson. I would say he benefited hugely from playing alongside Ferdinand or Vidic because when the time came for him to step up and lead the defensive line for them, he was found wanting. Othetwise vanGaal surely wouldn't...
What's a message board without opinion? Unsubstantiated? Well he features in the both the following lists of the Premier League's most injury prone players.
http://www.offthepost.info/blog/2017/08/top-10-injury-prone-premier-league-players/...
Why on earth the likes of Man City were prepared to pay north of £20 million for a Centre Back as bang average and injury prone as Jonny Evans is beyond me.