Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua hainatia e Chris Smalling tētahi whakawhitinga kirimana e toru tau ki Manchester United e tata ana ki te £80,000-i te wiki i muri i tana hurihanga i tana mahi i Old Trafford. I honoa te 25-tau-tau o Ingarangi ki te neke ki Arsenal i muri i te pakanga ki te pupuri i te waahi tuatahi i United me te waitohu i a ia ko te "kino" na te kaiwhakahaere a Louis van Gaal mo tana tuku i te whakataetae Manchester i te Etihad i te timatanga o tenei waa. I hara hoki a Smalling i ētahi mahi pōhara i waho o te mara, tae atu ki te whakaahua i a ia e haere ana ki tētahi rōpū kākahu huatau hei kaiwhakatāne whakamomori i te tau whakamutunga. Ka haina a Chris Smalling (māui) i tana kirimana hou ki Manchester United i te taha o te kaiwhakahaere o te karapu a Louis van Gaal. Ka whakanui a Smalling i te wha o nga whaainga a United i te wikitoria 4-2 o te Pirimia Pirimia ki a Manchester City. Engari kua pakeke ake te kaitautoko i raro i a Van Gaal, a kua noho hei kaihautū i te kapa o te Dutchman i tenei wa. I te mea ka mutu tana kirimana i te raumati e whai ake nei engari kua piri ia ki United tae noa ki te 2019. Ka mea a Van Gaal: "Kei te harikoa ahau kua hainatia e ia he kirimana hou. Kua tino pai ake a Chris, kua tino whanake i roto i te wa poto kua noho au ki te karapu, a kua noho hei waahanga nui o te roopu tuatahi. <unk> He tino ngaio tonu tana whakahaere i a ia ano, a he mea koa ano hoki kua eke ia ki etahi whaainga nui i tenei waa ano hoki.<unk> Ko Smalling, nana nei i utu te £ 10 miriona mai i Fulham i te tau 2010, kua puta 147 nga ahuatanga me te wikitoria i nga taitara Pirimia Pirimia e rua. E wha o ana whāinga e iwa mo te karapu i tae mai i tenei wa, tae atu ki tetahi i te Old Trafford derby i te timatanga o tenei marama i te wa i patua ai e United te taone nui 4-2. Kua noho tonu te kaitākaro 25 tau te pakeke ki a Van Gaal i muri i tana pakanga mō te wāhi tuatahi i te tīmatanga o tēnei tau. Ka mea ia: "He tino whakapehapeha ahau ki te takaro mo tetahi karapu nui. Kua whakawhanakehia mātou hei kapa i te wā o te tau i raro i a Louis van Gaal, ā, kei te tākaro mātou ināianei hei kōhanga katoa. He wā tino whakaongaonga tēnei ki te noho ki Manchester United. Kei te hiahia katoa mātou ki te hoki ki te wāhi e noho ai mātou, ki te whakataetae i te taumata tiketike...
Ka whakaae a Chris Smalling ki tētahi kirimana roa hou a Manchester United. E whakapono ana he £ 80,000 ia wiki te uara o te kirimana. Ko te 25 tau te pakeke kua noho hei kaihautū i raro i a Louis van Gaal. E whakaatu ana a Van Gaal e 'harikoa ana' kua tuhia e Smalling tetahi kirimana hou.