Inter Milan have signed defender Ashley Young from Manchester United for £1.28m on an initial six-month deal, with an option to extend for a further season.

The 34-year-old had previously told United of his desire to join Inter and had not been involved in the club's past three games.

The deal brings an end to Young's eight-and-a-half-year stay at United.

He played 261 times for United and was club captain this season, but only started 10 league games in 2019-20.

Young, who has played 39 times for England, joined United from Aston Villa in 2011 and has been part of squads that won the Premier League in 2012-13, the FA Cup in 2015-16, and both the League Cup and Europa League in 2016-17.

Inter, who signed Romelu Lukaku from United last August and also have Alexis Sanchez on loan from the Red Devils, are second in Serie A, two points adrift of Juventus.

Under former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte, they are aiming to win their first Serie A title since 2010.

Meanwhile, Harry Maguire has been named as the new Manchester United captain just five months after joining the club from Leicester City.

The England centre-half succeeds left-back Ashley Young, who is close to completing a move to Inter Milan.

Maguire, 26, has made 29 appearances for the Red Devils since his £80m move from the King Power Stadium in August.

"Everything about him tells me is a leader," said United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

"Harry will keep wearing the armband now."

Marcus Rashford, David de Gea and Jesse Lingard have also captained the club this season in the absence of Young, who has made only 18 appearances in all competitions.

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He has served Man Utd long and faithfully. Wish him all the best in his future career

I'm feeling younger than Ashley

Good move for him, he has served Man U well and should be looking forward to serving Lukaku some left winded curved through-balls when on a counter attack

He'll likely get 25 appearances at Inter Milan, 12 from the bench before leaving to sign with LA Galaxy for GBP 3.2m sometime in 2023

All the best Ashley!