Chris Smalling has been pleasantly surprised at how easily he has settled into life at Manchester United.
There were quite a few eyebrows raised when Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed an intention to sign the 21-year-old from Fulham for £10million.
It was a huge fee for a player who had only made his Cottagers debut the previous May and boasted just 19 appearances when he finally made the move north last summer.
Yet Smalling has excelled in his new surroundings, surging past Jonny Evans in the central defensive pecking order, confidently replacing Rio Ferdinand or Nemanja Vidic when he required.
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