{"id":564288,"date":"2020-10-05T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=564288"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:56:58","slug":"chris-smalling-roma-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/05\/chris-smalling-roma-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Smalling Completes Permanent Roma Move From Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After spending last season on loan at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/serie-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roma<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b6964eb6\/Chris-Smalling\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Smalling<\/a> has made the permanent switch from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> for a fee of \u20ac15 million. Smalling will be looking to pick up where he left off last season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following a fifth-place finish last season, too, Smalling, alongside the Roma team as a whole, will be desperate to improve and once again reach the top four. For now, however, they&#8217;ll have to settle for the Europa League, a competition they&#8217;ll undoubtedly be among the favourites to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chris Smalling Makes Permanent Move to Roma<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After 10 years of service at Old Trafford, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisSmalling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ChrisSmalling<\/a> has left <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> to join Roma on a permanent deal.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you and good luck in Italy, Chris \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1313205438217945093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Deal That Suits Both Parties<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For Manchester United, the aim is to raise money fund squad improvements. For Chris Smalling, it was to make a permanent move to Italy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So, here we are, with both parties getting what they wanted. Smalling has made the switch to Italy and, in doing so, given Manchester United some much-needed funds for potential transfers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The task for United will now be to spend that money wisely before the window slams shut. \u00a0Should they do that, a top-four place will undoubtedly be on the cards for a second season running.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Good Move for Smalling<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Before joining Roma on loan last season, Chris Smalling looked stuck for choices; he looked destined to sit on the bench at United. A year later, however, and he is respected more than ever in Italy and is popular within the Roma fans. It comes as no surprise to see the Englishman make the permanent move after impressing so much while on loan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He had his good times at Manchester United, yes, winning two Premier League titles along the way, but it was time to move on for the betterment of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"6UZPs9YhR69jig_S3S-Oyw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1227802192\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'6UZPs9YhR69jig_S3S-Oyw',sig:'U-cGTf7lhmkHxR_RYIxit9iuidfYis3tbk2HyvIFB8c=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1227802192',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending last season on loan at Roma, Chris Smalling has made the permanent switch from Manchester United for a fee of \u20ac15 million. Smalling will be looking to pick up where he left off last season.\u00a0 Following a fifth-place finish last season, too, Smalling, alongside the Roma team as a whole, will be desperate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":564290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,18,30,5,28],"tags":[5101,997,718,36,48,136],"class_list":["post-564288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-featured","category-manchester-united","category-news","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-2020-2021-premier-league","tag-as-roma","tag-chris-smalling","tag-manchester-united","tag-serie-a","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}