Manchester United 'to use Chris Smalling in Milan Skriniar bid'

Manchester United reportedly hope to boost their chances of signing Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar by including Chris Smalling in part-exchange.

The England international has spent the campaign on loan at Roma, making a total of 37 appearances in all competitions.

Despite I Giallorossi being keen to sign the 30-year-old on a permanent deal, United are allegedly not budging on their £18m valuation.

According to Calciomercato, the Premier League giants intend to use the out-of-favour centre-back in an approach to sign Skriniar.

The report adds that United will look to reduce their financial outlay further by adding Alexis Sanchez to the proposal.

While Skriniar is a key man at San Siro, Inter may jump at the opportunity to strengthen their squad and generate more transfer funds.