Arsenal are hoping Roma don't qualify for next season's Champions League as they eye a summer swoop for Manchester United defender Chris Smalling.
That's according to reports from Italy, which claim the Gunners are among a number of Premier League clubs hoping to snap up the on-loan centre-back this summer.
Smalling has impressed during a season-long loan spell in Italy after falling down the pecking order at United. Roma are keen to make the arrangement permanent when the transfer window reopens - although the Serie A club are said to have been shocked by United's reported £25million valuation of the 30-year-old.
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