Moving ahead after Chris Smalling

 Many of the names that people have been mentioning for months regarding Man United - Skriniar, De Ligt, Varane, Upacamento, Godin, Gabriel, Minolas, etc, played in Serie A last season; good and reliable defenders they may be, but Chris Smalling out-performed all of them on route to being named in Serie A's Team of the Season by several European journals. Not just that, he was also named in the European Best XI for the 2019/2020 season by the influential journal, WhoScored: a team chosen from players in the Top 5 leagues of Europe (Budesliga, La liga, Serie A, French league 1 and the EPL). So Smallings influence now goes beyond Italy  and Serie A. 

But a certain Man United manager is not swayed by those ratings. Smalling may be the best in Europe, says Ole, but he's only No 6 at Man United - behind Maguire, Lindelof, Bailly, Jones and Tuanzebe! 

Do you still wonder - when you have a manager with such poor judgement - why the club can no longer rise above the mediocre level? 

Gullible Man United fans

 Ole Gunnar Soksjear wants everyone to believe that Chris Smalling is not good enough for Man United; gullible as we are, we all believe him; so even when the team is going from one defensive disaster to another, no one even remembers that Smalling’s still a bona fide player of United. May God help the club if they’re not able to sell him before the transfer deadline, and he ends up remaining at the club for the new season, getting his wages but not being allowed to play

Ole doesn't want competition at United.

 Its looking like Chris Smalling has upset some people at Old Trafford. His offence? He’s so good on the field he won’t allow other defenders to get a look in. Ole doesn’t want his favorite, Victor Lindelof to suffer the same rate as Eric Bailly. Ole has apparently studied Smalling’s recent record at the club and sees that he’s a slow starter. He starts each season on the bench, until about the 5th or 6th week; but once he plays his first match, he retains his starting shirt for the rest of the season. That’s why before he left for Roma last summer, he had kept Bailly on the bench for one and a half seasons. The same thing would have happened to Lindelof last season had Smalling opted to stay at Old Trafford and fight for his shirt.

Ole apparently doesn’t want competition for Victor Lindelof!t