The Italian, who burst onto the scene as a teenager at Old Trafford, is currently enjoying his best goalscoring season to date at Panathinaikos
In just under three weeks it will be 11 years since Federico Macheda lit up Old Trafford. Off the bench for his debut as a 17-year-old against Aston Villa he wrote himself into the club’s history books as he curled his effort past Brad Friedel in front of the Stretford End to give Sir Alex Ferguson’s side a 93rd-minute winner.
Six days before the Italian had hit a hat-trick for the reserves and the hype around the forward, who joined United in 2008, went through the roof after his moment of magic that saw Ferguson’s side leapfrog Liverpool to go back to the top of the Premier League.