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title: "Sir Alex OK’s Serie A Loan Deal With Option To Buy"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sir-alex-oks-serie-a-loan-deal-with-option-to-buy/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Matt Visser"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2011-01-01T19:07:40Z"
modified: "2011-01-01T19:07:42Z"
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# Sir Alex OK’s Serie A Loan Deal With Option To Buy

[![Federico Macheda](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/federico-macheda4-150x150.jpg)](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/2011/01/premiership/manchester-united/sir-alex-oks-serie-a-loan-deal-with-option-to-buy/attachment/federico-macheda4/)Manchester United’s young Italian striker Federico Macheda looks set to move to Serie A on loan until the rest of the season.

Macheda’s agent Giovanni Bia has admitted there are several clubs interested in the 19-year-old forward:

***“I can say that Inter, Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio are all clubs that potentially could take the player,”*** the agent told *TMW*.

***“However, at this moment in time, this is all speculation and there is nothing concrete. Now that Sir Alex Ferguson has given his okay for an eventual departure, we’ll see what happens.***

***“I don’t think the player will simply arrive on a pure loan though, I think any deal would at least be a loan with the option to buy.”***

Macheda was tipped to become a real star in Manchester, but he has struggled to win a place in the United starting XI. Sir Alex is likely to use a loan deal to help with the development of the teenage striker but any option to buy may suggest that the United manager has decided that his future lies elsewhere.

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