Smalling

Roma offered 3 million euros for the lease of Smalling for another year and 15 million for the buyout. Manchester United wants 25 million euros. Roma wants to keep the defenderChris Smalling, the rights to which belong to Manchester United

the Italian club offers 3 million euros for the lease of the 30-year-old player for another year and 15 million for the buyout, reports La Gazzetta dello Sport. The total is 18 million, but Manchester United wants 25 million.

according to Sportitalia, the parties agreed on the amount of 20 million euros.

Smalling played 25 games for Roma in Serie A, scored 2 goals and made 1 assist.

So we've agreed to sell him for €20m, and it's a done deal?

Great business for United, if so.

great business if we had better centre backs than smalling.

Originally Posted by jem

great business if we had better centre backs than smalling.

The fact we’ve got the 2nd best defence in the league suggests maybe we do?

Good defender but awful distribution.

Originally Posted by Ethers

The fact we’ve got the 2nd best defence in the league suggests maybe we do?

not having that. soz.

Originally Posted by jem

not having that. soz.

Originally Posted by Ethers

The fact we’ve got the 2nd best defence in the league suggests maybe we do?

Get Tuanzebe fit and get him in instead of Lindelof.

This must be the all-time low point of serie A

Originally Posted by atticusgrinch

This must be the all-time low point of serie A

Wait
Till jesse rocks up there

Originally Posted by armchair

Good defender but awful distribution.

Sounds like Yodel apart from the good defender bit.

Originally Posted by jem

not having that. soz.

"You can prove anything with stats"

Originally Posted by puressence

Wait
Till jesse rocks up there

Package him in with Smalling. 10m

Originally Posted by Ethers

The fact we’ve got the 2nd best defence in the league suggests maybe we do?

We've had a pretty solid defence for the past 4 years, we had the best defence in the league in 2015/16 and second best in 2017/18 with Smalling a regular player and people still had him at the top of the list of shit @#%&!s to go.

Jones and Bailly have a ridiculous injury history and should be moved on, but the criticism Smalling has got has been ridiculous, he's been the whipping boy for a midfield and attack that was an embarrassment to the club pretty much every year since Fergie left up to this year

If Smalling had been beaten by Bergwijn as easy as Maguire was first game back people would've gif'ed the shit out of it for £#%&!ing months.

Originally Posted by ScholesGingerSheen

We've had a pretty solid defence for the past 4 years, we had the best defence in the league in 2015/16 and second best in 2017/18 with Smalling a regular player and people still had him at the top of the list of shit @#%&!s to go.

Jones and Bailly have a ridiculous injury history and should be moved on, but the criticism Smalling has got has been ridiculous, he's been the whipping boy for a midfield and attack that was an embarrassment to the club pretty much every year since Fergie left up to this year

If Smalling had been beaten by Bergwijn as easy as Maguire was first game back people would've gif'ed the shit out of it for £#%&!ing months.

All true. Shaw and Lindelof are the current whipping boys. Doesn't matter what they do, they're shit and cowards/fat

Originally Posted by ScholesGingerSheen

We've had a pretty solid defence for the past 4 years, we had the best defence in the league in 2015/16 and second best in 2017/18 with Smalling a regular player and people still had him at the top of the list of shit @#%&!s to go.

Jones and Bailly have a ridiculous injury history and should be moved on, but the criticism Smalling has got has been ridiculous, he's been the whipping boy for a midfield and attack that was an embarrassment to the club pretty much every year since Fergie left up to this year

If Smalling had been beaten by Bergwijn as easy as Maguire was first game back people would've gif'ed the shit out of it for £#%&!ing months.

I don’t recall the midfield or attack avoiding criticism because it was being heaped on Smalling. Multiple players in multiple positions can be deemed not fit for purpose simultaneously.

All players -every single one, including Ronaldo and Messi- have a debit and credit column; you just have to determine whether what you give up is worth what you get back. In Smallings case he was very good in one v one situations, but had no leadership skills, made too many dumb decisions and was absolutely terrible on the ball. If he’s back up to a Vidic/Frdinand cb pairing, fine - however he’s nowhere near good enough to be first choice for a team with aspirations.

Originally Posted by ScholesGingerSheen

We've had a pretty solid defence for the past 4 years, we had the best defence in the league in 2015/16 and second best in 2017/18 with Smalling a regular player and people still had him at the top of the list of shit @#%&!s to go.

Jones and Bailly have a ridiculous injury history and should be moved on, but the criticism Smalling has got has been ridiculous, he's been the whipping boy for a midfield and attack that was an embarrassment to the club pretty much every year since Fergie left up to this year

If Smalling had been beaten by Bergwijn as easy as Maguire was first game back people would've gif'ed the shit out of it for £#%&!ing months.

Daley Blind.

Originally Posted by dunk

All true. Shaw and Lindelof are the current whipping boys. Doesn't matter what they do, they're shit and cowards/fat

It’s not made up though. Shaw is very limited going forward (small improvements recently) and his defensive positioning is shocking. Mourinho hinted he was thick as shit, and while the spiteful one has become a deeply flawed manager, I’m pretty sure he had a basis for saying that. We see it virtually every game.

And did you see the way Lindelof turned away from that Zaha shot v Palace, the one where he came inside AWB and De Gea saved? It was embarrassing under 11’s stuff.

I actually think he’d be good with Harry in the back four but Ole wants to play out of the back and his distribution is pants... £20m for somebody we paid £10m for and got 8, 9 years for? Good business that.

Originally Posted by dunk

All true. Shaw and Lindelof are the current whipping boys. Doesn't matter what they do, they're shit and cowards/fat

It does matter that they do a lot of pratfalls tbf.