Agent: 'Federico Macheda for January loan'

The agent of Manchester United's Federico Macheda has suggested that the striker will go out on loan in the January transfer window.

The 20-year-old recently claimed that there had been offers from other Premier League clubs for his temporary services.

"I spoke last week with [Sir Alex] Ferguson: I think that Federico will play somewhere else in January," Giovanni Bia told Sportal.

"He can no longer continue to be on the field for only 15 or 20 minutes, he must absolutely find more space.

"There are requests, but not from Italy. In the first week of January we will evaluate the proposals that we've received."

Macheda spent the latter part of last season on loan at Serie A side Sampdoria.