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title: "Man United: Emerging Chris Smalling news prompts potential Alex Telles deal"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/man-united-emerging-chris-smalling-news-prompts-potential-alex-telles-deal/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Crump"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2020-10-02T12:00:58Z"
modified: "2020-10-02T12:00:58Z"
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# Man United: Emerging Chris Smalling news prompts potential Alex Telles deal

**Many Manchester United fans have reacted to a tweet from Italian football journalist Fabrizio Romano, who claims that Chris Smalling is set for a permanent move to AS Roma.**

30-year-old English centre-back Smalling spent last season on loan in Serie A with Roma and largely impressed, featuring in 30 league games.

Returning to Old Trafford at the end of the 2019/20 season, the Greenwich born defender has been linked with a return to the Stadio Olimpico and such a move is now being reported as close to completion.

Despite reports from [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/12086749/chris-smalling-roma-confident-of-deal-for-manchester-united-defender) claiming that Roma had fallen short of United’s £20m valuation of Smalling, Romano has claimed that a slightly cheaper deal is now all-but agreed with a three-year contract set to be signed.

> Meeting right now between Roma and [#MUFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MUFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) \[by intermediaries\] for Chris Smalling. The agreement is really close to be completed \[new bid around €16m\].\
> Roma are also asking again for Diogo Dalot on loan, Man United want to sell him on a permanent deal. 🔴 [#transfers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/transfers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) [October 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1311973997580554240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Aside from Roma’s expected deal of around £14.5m deal for Smalling, Romano also claims that the Italian giants want to bring Diogo Dalot in on a season-long loan deal.

However, United are said to only be interested in selling the Portuguese defender who [has also been linked with a move to AC Milan.](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/12085028/diogo-dalot-ac-milan-interested-in-signing-manchester-united-defender)

Reacting to Romano’s tweet, United fans seemed happy with the potential of both Smalling and Dalot leaving Old Trafford, prompting many to call for a move to be made for Porto left-back Alex Telles, [who has been linked in the past few days.](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-solskjaer-transfer-targets-19016025)

Here we look at a few of the tweets from those United fans…

> This should help the Telles deal get done
>
> — Trey (@UTDTrey) [October 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/UTDTrey/status/1311974710603898882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Should we expect Telles to be completed once this is done?
>
> — SK (@UtdSK\_\_) [October 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/UtdSK__/status/1311974157794578434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Telles to United, Fab?
>
> — Sujal Swain (@officialsujal10) [October 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/officialsujal10/status/1311974309020135424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Smalling really wanted that Roma move. Hopefully they will re invest that €16m in the team. But aren’t we supposed to be replacing him??
>
> — ʍʊռʏǟ🧔🏿 (@notmunya) [October 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/notmunya/status/1311980830802227200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Telles fab
>
> — POGBA66MUFC🥶 (@pogba66mufc) [October 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/pogba66mufc/status/1311974117063774208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Like this if Man United will sign Sancho and Telles
>
> — JIGSAW (@Farnell\_Mtey) [October 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/Farnell_Mtey/status/1311975478987821056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Do you think Alex Telles will move to Man United? Let us know in the comments section below…***