Pranav Nair
Twitter reacts as Alexis Sanchez and Chris Smalling extend Serie-A stay
Manchester United confirmed on their official site that veterans Alexis Sanchez and Chris Smalling have extended their loans in Serie A.
The duo will now stay in Italy until the end of the current campaign. It is currently scheduled to last until the beginning of August due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Neither of them could have featured for United this season even if they had returned. It makes sense for them to stay in Italy.
The duo has experienced varied success in Serie A. While Smalling has enjoyed a renaissance at Roma, Sanchez has struggled with form and fitness at Inter Milan.
Neither Smalling not Sanchez is a key player for us and the club will do well to sell them in the summer.
The latter, in particular, has been nothing short of a disaster and the transfer is probably one of the biggest failures in recent times.
A number of United fans took to Twitter to react to the news. Let us take a look at a few of them below.
Twitter reacts as Alexis Sanchez and Chris Smalling extend loans
Keep them in Italy
— Ashrit Sethi (@ashritsethi) July 1, 2020
Bring smalling back for depth. Sanchez can stay
— Mack (@MacckkUTD) July 1, 2020
Smalling is decent, a good back up to have.
— Mike (@MikeFIFAHD) July 1, 2020
Sell both please
— Tajemniczy (@Tajemniczy_20) July 1, 2020
Keep them away from the Ole project
— Ak7 (@AbzKingK) July 1, 2020
Get them sold!
— Arron Wan-Bissaka 🕸🇾🇪 (@AR05RON) July 1, 2020
Take Smalling back, send Roma Jones instead
— LYK77 (@OnceMidzy_LYK77) July 1, 2020
Damn I totally forgot we had these
— King of boys ™ (@OMOTI_JOJO) July 1, 2020
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1 goal in 19 games? Don’t let Sanchez return 😭
— 🇾🇪 (@UtdPee) July 1, 2020
Smalling scored more than Sanchez this season😭😭😭 send Alexis to the mls please
— UnitedSpeaks (@UnitedSpeaks_) July 1, 2020
