Trapattoni rates the 23-year-old midfielder highly but he gets only limited first-team opportunities at Old Trafford and the Italian believes a move would be in his best interests.
Trapattoni said: "He can do more. He has big potential and the right mentality but I said a year or a year and a half ago that if I were Gibson I would go to another club where I can play continuously.
"With this you can build your mentality.
"Manchester is Manchester and is obviously an important club but sometimes in the end you need you need to play, play, play.
"You can take confidence from this, but I think he is fantastic."
Trapattoni will now turn his attention to the visit of Macedonia next month as he looks for his side to build on their solid start in Euro 2012 qualifying Group B.
Trapattoni again insisted Wigan midfielder James McCarthy remains in his long-term plans despite speculation over his international future this week.
The 20-year-old was withdrawn by Wigan due to injury but his absence sparked suggestions the Scottish-born player may be reconsidering his international allegiance.
That has been consistently downplayed and Trapattoni said: "All Irish players are in our future.
"We look at the new young players and McCarthy can play in the future."
(reopens) Scotland manager Craig Levein tonight refused to discuss McCarthy's possible availability when questioned after tonight's victory over Northern Ireland.
Glasgow-born McCarthy, who joined Wigan from Hamilton in 2009, qualifies for the Republic of Ireland through grandparents.
He has won one cap for the Irish in a friendly against Brazil last year and has previously said he opted to represent them after being snubbed by Scotland at youth level.
Levein said: "I spoke about this yesterday and I don't want to speak about it.
"This should be about recognising the efforts of the players that played for Scotland tonight.
"Other stuff I can talk about when we are away from a match situation.
"This is for talking about the players who played for Scotland tonight."
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