United aim to sell Smalling for 20m

Manchester United want £ 20 million   for Chris Smalling? That’s ridiculous. Why does United like to give away their players at ridiculously low prices when other clubs always quote astronomical figures when they want to sell players to United? One wonders whether the United executives are in touch with current realities at all. Smalling still has two years left on his contract, so United are not in danger of seeing him walk away free anytime soon. And he’s currently one of the best Centre Backs in all of Europe, and at 30, still has 3 or 4 more years of top class football left in him; so this player is worth far more than £ 20 million at the moment.

Man United executives need to wake up. They are willing to pay £75 m for Milan Skriniar and £70m for Kalidou Koulibaly, two players who also play in Serie A.  But while Chris Smalling was named in Serie A's Team of the Season and also the European  Team of the Season by some journals, Skriniar couldn’t even nail down a 1st team shirt an Inter Milan this past season, and Koulibaly couldn’t make it into Series A’s TOTS.

In terms of longevity, there is no difference between Smalling (30) and Koulibaly, who is 29. Skriniar is only a little younger than both of them. So what’s the thinking behind United valuing Smalling at only £20m? 

And why are they still talking to Roma when they spent the whole of last season doing just that? Why not throw the race open and allow other clubs to put in their bids.