Smalling completes loan move to Roma

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling has joined Roma on loan, the Italian club have announced.The 29-year-old, who signed a new deal until 2022 in December, was told by United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that he could not guarantee him regular first-team football this season.Therefore, Smalling is set to spend the campaign at the Serie A club.This is the perfect opportunity for me, he told Romas website. The chance to experience a new league, with a big team that has got big aspirations is exactly what I needed.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

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