Federico Macheda Joining Newcastle United On Loan?
Man Utd youngster is also being chased by Queens Park Rangers but Macheda's agent claims The Magpies are favourites to sign him.
(I am a lifelong Newcastle United supporter so expect my articles to be heavy slanted towards the Geordies as they are written for the like-minded).Federico Macheda's agent has confirmed that Newcastle United are in talks with Manchester United over a proposed loan move for the 20 year old Italian striker. Despite impressing a few seasons back as a super sub, Macheda has struggled to find game time for the Champions in the last two seasons with Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, Javi Hernandez, Michael Owen and now Danny Welbeck all ahead of him. He had to spend time on loan at Sampdoria in the last campaign, scoring only once in 14 appearances though to be fair he was in a struggling team that eventually got relegated so his record perhaps should not come under so much scrutiny. In the Premier League Macheda has always impressed and is a natural goalscorer, something Newcastle United badly need and a loan transfer for such a hungry player with something to prove seems a no brainer. However Newcastle fans will remember how eerily similar this transfer sounds to that of Giuseppe Rossi who came to the North East under Glen Roeder but was inexplicably rarely before returning to Man Utd. He later joined Villareal and is now one of the top strikers in the Spanish league. Hopefully if a deal goes through we can expect Macheda to get considerably more pitch time, though his agent has also warned that QPR are circling the striker for the same kind of loan move but did say "At this time, Newcastle has the edge over Queens Park Rangers."
"There has been an offer from them (Newcastle) but my goal is to maintain a competitive team. I wont sell Modibo without having found a replacement."Transfer window shuts at 11pm tomorrow.