Barcelona right-back Martin Montoya (picture, right) is set to undergo a medical in Italy with a view to completing his loan switch to Inter.

The Spanish defender will be joining Inter on a two-year loan deal with the Italian club having an eight million euro option to make his move permanent.

Inter posted a photo of Montoya on the club’s official website with a caption: “Here is Montoya undergoing a medical.”

The 24-year-old, who is under contract with Barca until June 2018, made just 12 appearances for the Catalan giants in 2014-15 and is keen to leave the Nou Camp in search of more playing time.

“I’m sad to be leaving but (Barca coach) Luis Enrique told me he wouldn’t be relying on me,” Montoya said.

“I realised I had to leave when the club announced they had renewed Dani Alves’s contract and signed Aleix Vidal (from Sevilla).”