Smalling Wants To Return To Roma – Fonseca

Chris Smalling “wants to come back to Roma”, according to Paulo Fonseca, with the Serie A outfit exploring the option of putting another deal in place with Manchester United.

The England international defender spent the 2019-20 campaign on loan at Stadio Olimpico.

He impressed many during his time in Italy and left the door open for a permanent switch to be made when forced to return to Old Trafford.

Roma have made no secret of the fact that they would welcome the 30-year-old centre-half back onto their books.

United allowed Smalling to move on initially because he had started to slip down their defensive pecking order.

That situation is unlikely to have changed, amid calls for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to further bolster his ranks, and Fonseca hopes an agreement can be reached before the next deadline passes.

The Roma boss told reporters:

“I am in regular contact with Chris Smalling, I spoke to him yesterday.

“He wants to come back to Roma and we want to have him back. I think that there could be an update over the next few days.”