Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that a Chris Smalling is set to join AS Roma on loan.
Solskjaer told MUTV in an exclusive interview on Friday morning:
“Chris is on his way over [to Italy]. He's flying over to Rome this morning to do a medical and all the final details.
“At the moment we've got six centre-backs and it's just something that popped up towards the end [of the European transfer window] in the last couple of days. Chris fancied the chance to go over there; it's a new experience, new adventure.
“He'll come back better for it because it's a big club, it's a good league. There aren't too many English players who have been playing in Italy so I think he'll enjoy it.”