Federico Macheda bursts out laughing when reminded that he will turn 30 this summer. 'I still think I'm 17!' he says at his home in the seaside town of Voula, south of Athens.
Many Manchester United fans see him that way, too. As a teenager immortalised on an April day in 2009, spinning to score the decisive goal in a 3-2 comeback win over Aston Villa and hand United a crucial advantage in the title race with Liverpool.
Who would have thought it would take 12 years for the two rivals to go head to head at the top again, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side visit Anfield on Sunday?