Manchester United loanee Chris Smalling is very happy at Roma this season.

The English centre-back made the move near the end of the summer transfer window, after learning he would not be first choice at the Old Trafford club.

Smalling left with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's blessing, and he has impressed in Rome, where he has started to settle.

Speaking about his move with talkSPORT, Smalling said: "I'm starting to pick up things the manager is saying in Italian, and even with the players I'm lucky as quite a few of them speak English.

"I'm definitely picking up a lot of football phrases and a lot of basic phrases that are helping me interact with the team on and off the pitch.

"I am feeling very settled; my family is over here and the dogs are over here, so everyone is settled. When my family are happy and I am happy it shows on the pitch.

"Overall I can't ask for much more in terms of my stay, which has been short so far, and at the minute my focus is on making sure this team has a settled season.

"The manager's targets are not just about getting back in the Champions League – it is about winning something.

"That is where my full focus is, and come the end of the season when we've won something and achieved something we can see where it goes.

"Right now it is all about focus on the pitch."