Macheda set for loan move to Sampdoria

FEDERICO MACHEDA is on the brink of a loan move from Manchester United to Sampdoria, according to the striker’s agent.

United manager Alex Ferguson admitted the 19-year-old should go on loan for the rest of the season in order to gain experience.

Now it appears Sampdoria are favourites to land the Italian who moved to Old Trafford from Lazio three years ago.