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MACHEDA MAKES HIS MARK

Despite his young age (20 years old) Federico Macheda has already had quite an impact on English football. In his first full team appearance for Manchester United Macheda scored a superb winner against Aston Villa and went on to make some important performance in the run in to United’s league winning campaign in the 2008-2009 season, as well as winning the United academy player of year award.

Despite this promising start the following two years proved less fruitful and Macheda was moved on loan to Samporia and more recently Queens Park Rangers. With little impact during his loan spells it seems likely that Macheda may not survive the summer exodus from old Trafford this summer. Many believe that Sir Alex Ferguson’s main transfer target, Argentinean international midfielder Nicolas Gaitan is likely to move from Benfica for an estimated £20 million, with Macheda moving permanently to the Portuguese side as part of the deal.

Macheda who is one game off 50 appearances for the United, will no doubt feel some unfinished business with English football, with no real, decent chance to prove himself and at such a young age is seems strange that he would be cast aside so early. This is of course not the first time this has happened. Alex Ferguson has already seen highly rated Giuseppe Rossi slip through his fingers after he was let go without a proper chance to establish himself. With age on his side the Italian Under-21 star has plenty of time left on his career and If the transfer of Gaitan goes through and Macheda leaves, only time will tell to see if he is able to live up to his potential and become one of the small number of players to prove Alex Ferguson wrong.

FERGIE BELIEVES

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he has complete faith in youngster Federico Macheda, whose loan spell with Premier league club QPR has been cut short due to an injury.

He has now returned to Manchester United will be undergoing treatment in order to return when the pre-season begins in the summer. Federico Macheda was signed by former QPR manager Neil Warnock in a move which was seen as the last hope for the Italian, who has failed to impress Sir Alex Ferguson in various loan spells. However, Ferguson has reiterated that he has complete faith in Macheda even though his loan spell has been cut short.

Immediately after the arrival of Macheda, Neil Warnock was sacked as the QPR manager. His replacement, Mark Hughes, has not seen Macheda as someone who can lead the line at the relegation threatened club. This coupled with the arrival of a number of players like Cisse has meant that the opportunities have been limited for Macheda. Now, the long term injury suffered by the Italian has prematurely brought an end to the loan spell. Ferguson revealed that Macheda will be undergoing surgery in order to recover from the injury problem.

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MACHEDA WANTS TO STAY

QPR’s on loan striker Federico Macheda has said that he wants to become a first team regular at Old Trafford. Federico Macheda is currently on loan at QPR after having arrived from Manchester United in the January transfer window. This is the one of the many loan deals Federico Macheda has been part of in the last few seasons ever since making his debut for Manchester United in 2009. Despite being sent out on loan at various clubs in the last few seasons, Federico Macheda has said that his dream is to play for Manchester United as a first-team regular.

Federico Macheda made a sensational debut for Manchester United coming late on in the match against Aston Villa in 2009 to score the winner. It is a debut that will be remembered by many, but the subsequent performances has not been good enough to convince Sir Alex Ferguson to retain him at Old Trafford. Federico Macheda has admitted that Sir Alex Ferguson does have the habit of sending young players out on loan deals in order to provide them with experience before handing them a chance at Old Trafford. Federico Macheda has told an Italian radio station that midfielder Tom Cleverley is a perfect example of this case.

“I am still owned by Manchester United. I don’t know what the future will hold, but I will definitely go back to Sir Alex Ferguson’s club at the end of my loan spell. My dream is to establish myself in a United shirt, even though I know that will be difficult. I will do all I can to make that happen,” he told Radio Mana Mana. Federico Macheda has been on loan at Sampdoria last season, although he failed to score even a single goal in most 15 appearances.