Earlier today we covered a report from Gazzetta dello Sport which again made Chris Smalling sound like a prisoner at Manchester United, and detailed AS Roma’s efforts to sign the defender.
It was suggested Diogo Dalot could go to Rome on a loan deal for the current season, with the insinuation that could be a way for the clubs to find a long term agreement over Smalling.
AS Roma’s latest offer was put at €15m.
Corriere dello Sport have a slightly different take, and they report an ‘intermediary’ visited Manchester United on Tuesday, with the hope of getting Smalling’s move to Roma over the line.
That intermediary presented a new Roma offer, although the Italian newspaper don’t state how high the bid was. It’s explained the Premier League club aren’t willing to drop much below their €20m asking price, so efforts for the move are ‘always uphill’.
That sounds unlikely, should deadline day come and it be a choice of, say, Inter Milan or the Carrington wilderness, it’s got to be considered the player would accept.