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Published 17:01 3 Oct 2016 BST
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"Nemanja was one of those defenders who was very aggressive, very dominant and took no nonsense. "Eric plays the same way. He can go through a tackle and he doesn’t take risks. If it needs to go, it goes! You can see the similarities there and I expect Eric to have many good years here."
Smalling and Bailly, if both fit, are expected to be Mourinho's first-choice pairing at the back and the England international is looking forward to the task ahead.
"The more games we play together, the more we’re getting used to one another," Smalling added.
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