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title: "Everton loan offer for Smalling rejected – Manchester United fan reaction"
canonical: "https://readeverton.com/everton-loan-offer-for-smalling-rejected-manchester-united-fan-reaction/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Elliott Cuff"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2019-08-07T13:10:22Z"
modified: "2019-08-07T13:10:22Z"
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# Everton loan offer for Smalling rejected – Manchester United fan reaction

Everton have had a loan offer for Manchester United defender Chris Smalling rejected, [according to Sky Sports News](https://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre).

Marco Silva is determined to sign a centre-back before the transfer window closes on Thursday, with Kurt Zouma yet to be replaced following the expiry of his loan agreement with Chelsea.

While Chelsea have been playing hard-ball over a permanent transfer, Everton have been forced to consider other targets, with Smalling seemingly the man chosen.

![Paul Kane/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readeverton.com/readeverton/2019/08/1161773782.jpg)

However United have shot the offer down, with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claiming that the England international is a integral part of his squad alongside Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof.

### Read Everton Verdict

If the reaction to the news of Manchester United’s rejection by these United fans is anything to go by, missing out on Chris Smalling isn’t necessarily a bad thing for Everton.

> Twitter: @sportbible https://t.co/QdT7h72h6j (@Victor4Utd)

> Twitter: @SkySportsNews https://t.co/3qLhgAXiYH (@nocontextunited)

> Twitter: @SkySportsNews https://t.co/vvLh922AdL (@UnitedShea)

While some fans were quick to express their disbelief that United turned down such a positive opportunity from a United perspective, others were keen to voice their displeasure at Solskjaer’s decision to consider Smalling an integral player.

> Twitter: @SkySportsNews Ole has to go. First you reject Bruno, then you say Smalling is an integral part? Nah, I’ve heard enough. (@opitza)

> Twitter: @SkySportsNews Sacked by October (@AndyRobUnited)

While we don’t know if Everton will return with another proposal, potentially on a permanent basis, it appears that so far Everton have dodged an almost self-inflicted bullet.