“This young Italian, who has been at the club only 18 months, continues a tradition at Old Trafford of placing great faith – not to mention the future of the club – at the feet of young players… Too young for his man of the match champagne, Macheda grabbed it from the hands of Gary Neville anyway just as he had taken United’s title destiny by the scruff of the neck minutes earlier.”
The Man of the Match in all Premiership games is traditionally handed a bottle of champagne. However, as Macheda is only 17 and thus too young to legally drink, he had to steal it away from United skipper Gary Neville. While I found that little anecdote wildly amusing, the second portion of that same paragraph gave me pause for concern.
“A prolific reserve team goalscorer signed from Lazio’s junior teams, he is still sufficiently naïve that on his Facebook page he had posted a picture of himself in a nightclub surrounded by women. At least if he finds himself in the same establishment again he will have no trouble persuading anyone he is genuinely a United player.”
How long until La Marca links him with King Franco FC? A week? A month? Well one club not willing to wait to express strong emotions regarding the Italian youngster is Lazio, his former team. Lazio’s president Claudio Lotito has today called for a change in regulations to prevent homegrown players such as Federico Macheda from moving abroad. Said the incensed Italian, “We tried in every way to stop Manchester United from taking away our player but the present Italian regulations don’t give you any type of defence…I talked repeatedly with Macheda’s parents, we established a dialogue, but it was not possible to do anything. We could not compete with United’s offer. That is not right, we have to be provided with more reliable and concrete rules than those which govern Italian clubs.”
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