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Macheda Giving His Best For Current Club, Birmingham

Manchester United striker Federico Macheda, who is on a loan deal till the end of the season with Birmingham city, says that he is determined to help his current club avoid relegation this season. Macheda, who is out of contract in the summer, has been at various clubs over the last few years. He was most recently seen playing for Doncaster Rovers, but the loan spell was cut short very early due to a hamstring injury suffered by the player. This has been the story of the last few years for the 23-year-old, but he finally appears to have found a stable home at Birmingham.

When Macheda came to St Andrews, the club were struggling near the relegation zone, which is not the position they would have imagined themselves a few years ago when they were lying in the Premier league. The arrival of Macheda has coincided with an upturn in fortunes for the club, as they have been able to get a lot of goals out of the Italian. They are 20th in the table, but the presence of Macheda provides a lot of positive aspects. They have also not won a single match in the last five, but the striker is remaining upbeat.
Macheda accepted that the championship was a very tough league, but he is determined to get Birmingham out of relegation trouble.

“This is a tight league. If we win the next game, then we could be eight points clear again, as we were last week. We have just got to try to win a few before the last three, to be honest, to put ourselves out of the relegation picture, so we don’t have that fight right at the end. We have got to be realistic and we have got to do better,” said Macheda.

GREAT START

Federico Macheda kickstarted his loan spell in Birmingham City by scoring twice against Charlton and the player who made his way out of Manchester United until the end of the current campaign is optimistic that his new club is capable on finishing at the higher spots of the league.

“We have a good team with great young lads,” Macheda told BBC WM.

“With the quality we have, we look to finish as high as we can in the table.”

The 22 years old forward Macheda, still has not managed to find a spot in the main squad of Manchester United despite having switched managers and the club having offloaded players such as: Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez and Dimitar Berbatov.

The unfortunate factor for Macheda is the fact that his situation in Manchester United is not going to change anytime soon as Moyes already has his attacking department filled up with Wayne Rooney, Van Persie and Juan Mata as those are the players that are consistently chosen in his starting lineup.

This situation has forced United on releasing Macheda on a number of loan deals to many clubs including: QPR, Stuttgart, Sampdoria and Doncaster Rovers.

“I have been at Man United for many years but I used to get on the pitch once or twice every month. So it is massive for me to play games. I try to score every game. I know it won’t happen.

I have no targets. I just hope the team does well.”

“I am on my last three or four months of my contract with United. I am on loan to impress. I have had loan spells that didn’t work, really. I went abroad and it didn’t really work. I went to Doncaster Rovers this season and now it’s Birmingham, I feel very comfortable’’. Macheda said.