The Gossip: March

poised to join Tranmere on loan ahead of today's 5pm deadline. 

28/3/13: In an exclusive, in-depth interview with the Daily Mail, Federico Macheda has revealed his United career is over. The striker, on loan at Stuttgart, said: "Manchester United was more difficult than any club in the world because of the talent of the players there and the attention and the pressure. It wouldn't make sense to go back and do what I have done for the last two years. Maybe in the future I could go back but not now. I wouldn’t change anything. If I look back there are things I could have done better. But I tried my best and I am very proud for everything I did. As long as Manchester remembers me then that’s fine." Macheda is reportedly under contract until 2014.

27/3/13: Robin van Persie has hinted in an interview with Voetbal International that he could end his career at Old Trafford. " For the next few years I will be at Manchester United," he revealed. "And maybe longer. United could be my last club.