Macheda set for long deal

MANCHESTER UNITED will offer Federico Macheda a long-term contract when he turns 18 in August.

The striker’s agent Giovanni Bia said: “I think United will ask us to sign a five-year deal — that would be logical because it makes no sense to lose a lad at 21.”

Macheda, who earns just £65,000 A YEAR, has hit two winners in two sub outings.