Two years left on City Contract/But Italian Club interested

Cardiff Striker Federico Macheda Linked With Serie A New Boys


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Monday 22nd June 2015

Serie A new boys Frosinone are pondering over making a move for former Manchester United striker Federico Macheda this summer.

Starting his career at Lazio’s youth academy, the Italian joined Manchester United in 2007 but after several disappointing loan spells at clubs both in England and Italy, the forward moved to Cardiff last summer on a free transfer.



The 23-year-old scored just eight goals last season and couldn’t even make it to the playing squad towards the latter half of the league campaign.

Frosinone, who are going to play in the Italian top flight for the first time in their history next season, are looking to bolster their attacking options and according to Italian outlet Calcio Mercato, they are eyeing a move for Macheda.



His experience of playing for Sampdoria in Serie A is an attractive proposition for a club who are keen to add players with top flight experience to their squad this summer.


With two years left on his deal with Cardiff, Macheda is keen to stay in Wales, but the lure of moving back to Italy could still help Frosinone to make the deal happen.

Macheda scored a crucial later winner against Aston Villa on his debut for Manchester United at Old Trafford but netted just four more in 35 appearances in all competitions.

please God!

Would be stupid to let him go, can score goals in this division. Would have got more goals if we didn't persist with Kenwyne.

Please be true...gutless poor excuse of a player

That's one I would let go - guess it all depends on the service he is getting .

Hard to challenge any striker with the dross from last last seasons tactics but given service he`ll score

A bit worried that the fee would be prohibitive. Exactly how much would we have to pay them ?

Gotta love our fans who prefer Kenwyne on much less or masturbate over players who 'play' for the shirt. Revell couldn't be clinical even if he tried, he's incredibly poor in front of goal. Compare that to Macheda. But Macheda doesn't run around and track back into his own half for needless tackles.

Gotta love our fans who prefer Kenwyne on much less or masturbate over players who 'play' for the shirt. Revell couldn't be clinical even if he tried, he's incredibly poor in front of goal. Compare that to Macheda. But Macheda doesn't run around and track back into his own half for needless tackles.

I don't blame Macheda for not tracking back. I just blame him for being useless.

Id keep Macheda I think he will come good.

No doubt the boy has talent but he just needs to try harder

Gotta love our fans who prefer Kenwyne on much less or masturbate over players who 'play' for the shirt. Revell couldn't be clinical even if he tried, he's incredibly poor in front of goal. Compare that to Macheda. But Macheda doesn't run around and track back into his own half for needless tackles.

I don't blame Macheda for not tracking back. I just blame him for being useless.

And I blame him for not even leaving the ground when he goes for headers. He makes Kenwyne look dynamic. We watched him when the players were warming down at the end of the pre-season game in Bath last year. While others were doing shuttle runs to the half way line and back, he alone was cheating and turning back early when he thought that the coach was not looking.

A terrible professional and an awful acquisition even by Ollie's standards. Get rid!

I agree 100% with all the negatives about macheda, he can however put the ball in the net. If city struggle he will struggle but if we do improve this season I think he can get 20 plus goals and that can't be scoffed at, keep him

I agree 100% with all the negatives about macheda, he can however put the ball in the net. If city struggle he will struggle but if we do improve this season I think he can get 20 plus goals and that can't be scoffed at, keep him

Agree.

No doubt the boy has talent but he just needs to try harder

Try harder at what? Chasing hoofballs, run down empty pointless channels or being first defender? Macheda is a classic striker who will thrive with support and a team playing him good. He will put them away more often than not. I don't get this hard worker rubbish regarding strikers. It's pointless in the grand scheme of things. They are there to score goals. Not on their own, but as the last man finishing the team effort to create. Guess people are happy having Revell chasing the ball between defenders and call it trying and scoring the odd goal..

No doubt the boy has talent but he just needs to try harder

Try harder at what? Chasing hoofballs, run down empty pointless channels or being first defender? Macheda is a classic striker who will thrive with support and a team playing him good. He will put them away more often than not. I don't get this hard worker rubbish regarding strikers. It's pointless in the grand scheme of things. They are there to score goals. Not on their own, but as the last man finishing the team effort to create. Guess people are happy having Revell chasing the ball between defenders and call it trying and scoring the odd goal..

I laugh at our fans who expect so much from someone who creates his own goals. Only Charlton home is the goal I can recall that he had the goal right on a plate for him. He can actually pass the ball unlike Kenwyne as well! Revell is AWFUL in front of goal and has no composure at all. Passionate players who chase the ball round are meant to be CBs or CMs! Not strikers, who flick balls on and chip in with goals. Macheda is a clinical striker, if anyone can disagree with that then they are wrong. The service was woefully bad last season. But I'm confident with the right wide players and Macheda staying, he would get about 12 goals next season.

Some interesting points raised - for me Macheda is a very lazy player who doesn't make up for this with enough goals or creativity or pace.

I could just about put up with Betty's tantrums but he would win headers and would mix it with defenders and even score goals until the Enhland episode.

Put it another way - he makes Whitts look dynamic!

Get rid - quite possibly the worst example of a pro footballer we've had in a while.

Btw - those slagging Revell must have forgotten that chipped goal from outside the area..,

CTID

Some interesting points raised - for me Macheda is a very lazy player who doesn't make up for this with enough goals or creativity or pace.

I could just about put up with Betty's tantrums but he would win headers and would mix it with defenders and even score goals until the Enhland episode.

Put it another way - he makes Whitts look dynamic!

Get rid - quite possibly the worst example of a pro footballer we've had in a while.

Btw - those slagging Revell must have forgotten that chipped goal from outside the area..,

CTID

I slag off Revell because he doesn't score goals, he is a striker, you score, GOALS. One goal doesn't make a player, a decent goal as it was, that was only one of two goals he's scored for us. Macheda scored 8 goals, 6 in the league. Not far behind Sean Morrison, not bad when Slade persisted with Kenwyne and Le Fondre for a good part of the season. I will give credit to Revell in the fact I liked the look of both him and Macheda up front.

I'm sure he was injured for the last few games of the season? So poor journalism there if I'm right.

I'd give Macheda until January to see if he can do better, if not then offload.

If say Jones, Guerra, Le Fondre and Velikonja are all more likely to leave.

That would leave us with Macheda, Mason, Doyle, Revell and Healey. Healey will likely go out on loan so those four would be our strikers, unless Slade brings someone else in - hopefully he does.

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No doubt the boy has talent but he just needs to try harder

Agree.

He could be a 20 plus goals a season striker in the championship but needs a positive decent side which we where not last season
I would rather let revell and Jones go as neither will score anywhere near that

Gotta love our fans who prefer Kenwyne on much less or masturbate over players who 'play' for the shirt. Revell couldn't be clinical even if he tried, he's incredibly poor in front of goal. Compare that to Macheda. But Macheda doesn't run around and track back into his own half for needless tackles.

Machedas 10-15 goals in a full season would no way make up for his gutless..lazy..shit out of every challenge contribution to a team effort....the guy is on a huge weekly wage..doesn't deserve it..contributes nothing to his team mates..get rid off ASAP

He will never change from being lazy and gutless. Have we learned nothing from our previous Championship campaigns? Gutless players will get you nowhere. I'm not at all saying the likes of Revell and Jones are the answer because shit players won't get you anywhere. However, if we have the choice of those three and then Doyle, Healey, and Mason then Doyle, Healey, and Mason get the nod for me every time. Get rid.

I agree 100% with all the negatives about macheda, he can however put the ball in the net. If city struggle he will struggle but if we do improve this season I think he can get 20 plus goals and that can't be scoffed at, keep him

I'm with you on this one. A good Championship level striker who with the right service will always score goals

I agree 100% with all the negatives about macheda, he can however put the ball in the net. If city struggle he will struggle but if we do improve this season I think he can get 20 plus goals and that can't be scoffed at, keep him

I'm with you on this one. A good Championship level striker who with the right service will always score goals

I agree with both of you Macheda should be kept, quality striker

I agree 100% with all the negatives about macheda, he can however put the ball in the net. If city struggle he will struggle but if we do improve this season I think he can get 20 plus goals and that can't be scoffed at, keep him

I'm with you on this one. A good Championship level striker who with the right service will always score goals

I agree with both of you Macheda should be kept, quality striker

Just when we were starting to agree on a few things, Annis, you have to go and spoilt it. For me , Macheda is in the Andy Kerr, Rhys Weston and Leighton Maxwell category. A truly terrible player.