Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I a Chris Smalling e haere tonu ana i ana mahi ki te whakamatau i a Louis van Gaal e tika ana ia mo tetahi atu kirimana i Manchester United, kei te haumaru ia i te mohio kua tino miharo a Roy Hodgson ki ona kounga, mai i te wa tuatahi i tutaki ai ia ki a ia. I hainatia e Hodgson a Smalling mai i Maidstone United, e whitu tau ki muri, i muri tata mai o Les Reed, te kaiwhakahaere whutupaoro o Fulham, i tono i te haurua pokapū 18-tau-tau ki te whakamatautau i te papa whakangungu o te karapu i Surrey. 'I mātakitaki ia i te tupono, ā, i kukume ia i ahau ki roto i tōna tari, ā, i tīmata katoa mai i reira,' i mea a Smalling. 'Kāore au i te mahara ki te kōrero katoa, he paku paku, engari he tino whakatenatena a Roy. Ko Chris Smalling (pokapū) e mahi ana i te wā whakangungu o Ingarangi i St Georges Park. E mihi ana a Smalling ki a Hodgson, ā, e hari ana ki te whakaara anō i to rātau hononga ki Ingarangi. 'I kōrero ia i tākaro ia mō Maidstone. He mea tino nui. Kāore au i mōhio ki ētahi atu tāngata i tākaro mō Maidstone. 'I hoki mai ahau mo te wiki ki te whakangungu ki nga rahui, a i whakaekea he kirimana i te marama i muri mai. Ko ia te tangata i tino tīmata i a au, ā, he pai ki te whakaara anō i tērā ki Ingarangi. Ko te tumanako ko aku whakaaturanga mo taku karapu ka awhina i a ia ki te whiriwhiri tonu i ahau. ' Ko Hodgson, i takaro mo Maidstone i nga tau moata o te 70, i whakaponohia a Smalling he mahi ia i roto i te whutupaoro ngaio, ahakoa i whakatau te taiohi ki te whakaoti i ana taumata A-tuatahi. Kua noho te kaitautoko hei kaitākaro matua mō Manchester United i tēnei tau i te taha o Phil Jones. I reira nga waahi o te whare wānanga e whakaekea ana ki te ako i te ohaoha putea i Leicester, i Loughborough ranei mena ka whakawhiwhia e ia e toru nga Bs i ana whakamātautau, i mahia e ia. 'I whakamahere ahau ki te haere ki te whare wānanga engari kotahi marama, e rua ranei i mua i aku whakamātautau i whakaekea e ahau nga whakamatautau a Fulham me Middlesbrough,' e kii ana a Smalling. 'Kāore he mea hei ngaro māku, ā, i hoatu e au aku mea katoa. 'I Millwall ahau tae noa ki te 15 o oku tau. He tino tawhiti te haere, ā, i ngaro ahau i ētahi hui, nō reira kāore au i tino whanake, kātahi ka haere ahau ki Maidstone.' I hainatia e Hodgson a Smalling i tana...
I hainatia a Chris Smalling e Roy Hodgson i a ia e kaiwhakahaere ana i Fulham, ā, i tākaro te kaitautoko mō te kapa o waho o te riiki a Maidstone United. Kei te harikoa a Smalling ki te hui anō ki tana kaiwhakahaere o mua. E whakaae ana te kaitautoko o Ingarangi kei te whakakore ia i ngā hapa poauau i tana kēmu. E mea ana a Smalling kei te arotahi tonu ia ki a Manchester United, ehara i te kirimana hou ahakoa te whakapae mo tona heke mai i te karapu. Pāwhiritia ki konei mō ngā rongo hou katoa o Manchester United.