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Offline Cantona007

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Rossi to Villareal
« on: July 31, 2007, 01:32:35 PM »
Not sure if this should go in SM's Stretfod End thread...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/6924981.stm


 Man Utd sell Rossi to Villarreal

Manchester United have sold striker Giuseppe Rossi to Spanish side Villarreal for a reported £6.7m fee.

The six-year deal is subject to the 20-year-old American-born Italian passing a medical on Wednesday.

Rossi was loaned to Newcastle last season and then to Parma, where he scored nine goals in 19 matches.

Villarreal were looking for a new striker after allowing Diego Forlan, another ex-United player, to join Atletico Madrid for £14m.

United signed Rossi as a 16-year-old from Parma and the Italian club were keen to secure his services once again after the striker helped them stay in Serie A last season during his loan spell.

   

They reportedly tabled a £5.4m bid for the Italy Under-21 international, but failed to clinch a deal.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson often spoke highly of Rossi, who scored 13 times in 19 starts for the reserve team in his first season at Old Trafford.

He signed a new contract until 2010 last summer, with Ferguson hailing him as "the future of the club".

He went to Newcastle last season in a bid to play regular Premier League football but failed to win a regular place in the first team.

His loan spell in Parma was, by contrast, a huge success and Villarreal's offer was apparently too good for United to turn down.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/6924981.stm

Published: 2007/07/31 17:37:40 GMT

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Re: Rossi to Villareal
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2007, 01:55:55 PM »
Somehow I feel like Rossi never really got a fair attempt to shoe his worth at Man U.  That happens at big clubs that just keep piling on great player after great.  He will still shine though; he has some class.

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Re: Rossi to Villareal
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2007, 02:38:55 PM »
Somehow I feel like Rossi never really got a fair attempt to shoe his worth at Man U.  That happens at big clubs that just keep piling on great player after great.  He will still shine though; he has some class.

yeah its kind of sad to see him leave but he deserves to play regular football

so long rossi

 

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