Federico Macheda has signed a contract extension which will keep him at the club until 2014.
“I am very happy to commit my future to Manchester United,” said Macheda. “I really enjoyed myself last season when I came on and I hope to get more chances like that and contribute to the team’s success.”
Sir Alex Ferguson has looked to the future, with the belief we’ll get to see the best from the 18-year-old as he is given time to develop.
“We are delighted by the new four-year deal, everyone at the club recognises the fantastic talent he has and we hope to see that develop in the next years, so he becomes a well rounded player.”
happy for the lad, however I am not convinced he will ever be a regular, hopefully we can sell him to Inter some day for 15-20mil, that would be nice
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the way this blog has been going past few days your going to get slated for this and probably called a plastic fan that hes never set eyes on old trafford…crazy aint it?
This is great, he’s got plenty of good raw materials for the set up at United to work with and I like the mans attitude. I have no idea if he’ll make it, but that’s one of the pleasures of the game when someone like this comes up through the ranks and blossoms into a footballing beast.
Good luck to him.
I know, it is crazy but I am a huge united supporter, and also a realist…he hasnt exactly impressed this term, I think he can be a useful player somewhere, just not sure he will ever be top class…hopefully I am wrong
Let us just hope he continues to progress, then he might be a big player for us in four years time. Needs some more experience and might need to get his head in the right place, but he is a very good prospect and I would hope he and Welbeck can continue their partnership for many years.
Very happy about this, the kid is a quality striker and given chances he will score goals. He thinks and acts like a striker which makes him a threat always…..if he was able to add an extra yard of pace to his game, he would be ahead of owen in my team.
I think four years is enough time for Kiko to show he can improve. He’s already getting more first team time, I just think he needs more to build up confidence.
No matter what, whether he gets shipped off or not, no one will forget his goal against Villa. He’s already got a place in United lore.
Glad he’s got a new contract. There isn’t many 17/18 year olds around that can come to biggest club in the world and instantly make a name for himself. Give him time to improve, he’s young and will find it hard for the next 2 seasons but there’s no doubting he’s got ability and an eye for goal.
Kiko and Welbeck are the future, i’ve no doubt about it.
You DO NOT score a goal like the one he scored against Villa if you ain’t got summat about you. He was excellent when he came on last night. Pacy strong, was putting himself about and has a great touch. In my opinion he will be a star at United.
Thought he looked the part against CSKA. There’s an important lesson to be learned from Pique – overlooked in favour of O’Shea when Vidic got crocked Spring ‘08, bugggered off to Barca that summer, regular in their starting XI and scoring goals too.
If we cannot compete with Real, City and Chelsea in the transfer market, we have to bring through our youth, meaning give them a proper chance.
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couldn’t agree more. When I read this today I taught that’s a great way to settle him and ground him but I can’t see him seein out his united days till 2014.
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second that. great potential i hope will turn out to be the star for us. depends on how he develops his game and of course on his personality.
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Surely if he can fetch 15-20m he ain’t gona be too bad a player!
Good on the boy, but lets just remember for fuck sake he is just a boy. None of this he’s the new Denis Law bullshit. I hope something comes of him, he has this cockyness about him which can either defeat him or allow him to have fuck all respect for the opposition – which is what we want. As for the first poster on this article, your comments are bollox and I can only assume your view to the computer screen whilst writing such crap was obscured by your fat dads arse whilst you were rimming him. Repuplik of Mancunia first, awkward incestrious gay internet reinactment porn second please mate.
Good squad player and the potential to nail down an ‘Ole Solskjaer’ kinda role
He is only 18 years old. He will develop in time. With game time, he will be great. Maybe loaned out to gain experience.
No, I wouldn’t loan him out. He’s got something about him that seems he has the potential to be a world class player. Keep him in the United reserves and give him some time in the first team to develop his skills. We wouldn’t want him getting a Championship mentality about the game, better to hone his raw skills at Carrington if you ask me.
I think due to his size and skills and the goal he scored last season, everyone feels he’s
Already a finished product. This kid is just 18 and just learning how to play @ the worlds top level. I feel
He become a fantastic player for United
@ FusilliJerry I always thought that Pique was the one who got away. He trained with the best and is showing it. He played a big part in Barca’s win on Sunday.
As for Kiko, Sir Alex will turn him into a potential Ballon D’or winner and Kiko’s head will inflate even more and off to Madrid or Milan (maybe even Turin) he will go for a gross amount of money. I hope he repays Sir Alex in goals if not in loyalty.
Great news! Give the kid time, not every player can burst onto the scene at 16, although Kiko did make a statement or two at 17..
20LEgend is the best coach he could have asked for as a striker, and with Kiko’s natural ability and “let’s go for it” attitude he could end up beeing a first pick up front for us.
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Kiko has potential to be really great. I was at OT wen he scored that goal, everything about it was superb from a footballing point of view ( which will all due respect a lot of u sound like uve never kicked a ball in ur fucking life)
He’s shown a glimpse of wat he has potential to do n under the guidance of fergie cud achieve great things.
I am sure Fergie had his reasons for letting Pique go. That reason I would imagine is Jonny Evans. Pique IS doing really well at Barca. Could he have hacked the Premier league?
Lets give the kid a chance eh??? Were beckham,scholes,butt etc the finished article at 18.theres not many Rooneys out there you know.
King Eric – no question that Pique would have been a very valuable member of UTD’s team but the real question is whether he would be a better central defender than Jonny Evans. SAF didn’t think so. But he might have been wrong since Gerrard Pique is now first-choice for the EuroCL champions and the second-best national squad in the world. To my eyes, he’d be perfect in a kind of Beckenbauer role – he big and accomplished on the ball.
About Macheda – I’m thrilled that he has been re-signed for four more years. He seems to me to be much closer than Danny Welbeck to the finished article – that may be because he’s closer to being fully-grown and better co-ordinated whereas Welbeck seems gangly and somewhat awkward which suggests that he’s got some more growth ahead of him. Macheda, who is of course Italian, reminds me of the young, sleek Christian Vieri – we’d all be thrilled if he could reach that level of brilliance without the baggage.
My only concern about Macheda is that he seems to be in danger of getting a case of “big league head” – rather like Ravel Morrison, if the reports about him are correct. It’s hard for these kids to come to terms with celebrity and lots of money at an early age; especially when they come from really disadvantaged backgrounds and get charmed by their posse and the bling.
I expect really, really big things from KikoTheKid – and soon, too. He’s what I’d call a “manster” – a monster in a man’s body and his skill level is very good, too. (unlike, say, another “manster” who plays for ManShitty – Micah Richards).
denton – Regarding the “big league head”, a term I love by the way, who better than to keep him grounded than the best man manager in football?
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“get charmed by their posse and the bling” – Denton, you are 100% correct as you are cool!
I Think he is part of that special type of modern player, from this current era. The ‘plucked wonderkid’.
The English Prem, for all it’s strengths, has a staying power only for those that can hack shitty weather and/or love fast-paced quality football (oh yeah).
Ron going to Real,
Pique back to Barca
Fabregarse to Barca (yes, I see the future)
Gifted players from Spain, Italy, Portugal will always love thier childhood teams & their weather, women, image…
Whereas gifted players from here fooking love it here! (Highly paid footballer? King of my manor? Yes please!)
Fabregarse is the only one from ‘the plucked’ that SEEMS to still be ’saying the right things’ at (questionably) his peak and I begrudgingly hope that he stays at arse and falls in love with his club (and no doubt the manager) as he will be living proof that top ‘med’/brazilian players can devote themselves to a prem club and enjoy their lives.
Or else the Prem will always just be a 3-8 year learning curve stop-gap for ‘plucked’ talent to the big ‘boy’s dream’ clubs/countries.
Admittedly Manchester has to work harder than London at keeping young talent from abroad, but the nature of our club is unlike any other.
Will Kiko stay or will he go? In 4 years? It’s a coin-toss now… Let’s jjust not get too attached and appreciate the kid and the service he has and will do for the team.
I swear if global warming might mean we get Madrid weather in 4 years all year round, this club would be utterly invincible!!
I loved Pique, I was incredilby sad when he left. He is not just a good player, he a loyal solid, good guy and there’s not many of those around, he would have fitted into United.
The vibe Machaeda gives if the Ronaldo one without the trackrecord and gell. He is happy at United but I don’t think he would want to see his career out here, i agree, he would bugger off probably but lets see I hope I am wrong but it is disapointing when you can no longer let yourself really love a player because he is making moon eyes out of his ass at other clubos – when hes at the ledgend.