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MAN UNITED COULD BUY BACK GIUSEPPE ROSSI

MANCHESTER UNITED could be offered the chance to buy back Giuseppe Rossi as a £12million battle hots up for the Villarreal striker.

United sold Rossi to the Spanish club for £6.7m three years ago – but manager Sir Alex Ferguson insisted on a clause being inserted in the deal which gave him first option on buying back the American-born Italy international.

And a number of clubs are now eyeing Rossi, 23, with German club Hoffenheim leading the chase.

There is also expected to be interest in Turkey and from the Premier League and, if Villarreal receive an acceptable offer, they would then have to offer him back to United.

Having just signed Mexico striker Javier Hernandez and with Fergie still coveting Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, a return to Old Trafford for Rossi would seem unlikely.

But Fergie was a reluctant seller of Rossi in the first place, only allowing him to leave because he couldn’t guarantee first-team action.

Since then, the striker’s career has taken off, cementing his place in the Italy squad and scoring 45 goals in 122 matches for the Yellow Submarine.

And he didn’t do his reputation any harm last Thursday night when he scored a hat-trick against Tottenham at White Hart Lane in Villarreal’s 4-1 win in a pre-season friendly.

That has reminded clubs in this country of Rossi’s goalscoring ability.


From the Daily Star.
I wouldn't mind having him back at 12 million. It's hard to see exactly how he would fit in though with the number of strikers we already have on the books.
 
This season as it stands should be about Macheda and Chicharisto challenging Berbatov and Owen, no need to add another striker into the race.
 
Now there are few certainties in life or football...but one I thing I know for sure is Rossi is not coming back to United.
 
BTV_is_neutral said:
Now there are few certainties in life or football...but one I thing I know for sure is Rossi is not coming back to United.
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Agreed.

I think it's more of united trying to make life difficult for Rafa and inter, who are very interested in rossi. or else his club are trying to hike up the price
 
The only way I could see it happening is if we somehow found a buyer for Berbatov. A Rossi-Rooney partnership would be interesting now Rossi has gone away and got some experience
 
#1 :a german club is reportedly interested in rossi.. probably reported in the spanish/german/italian media somewhere ..must find english link
#2:united have first option ..
#1: everyone knows that .. and it would be a lame story
#2: put it under "United could buy back rossi"

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Crustanoid said:
The only way I could see it happening is if we somehow found a buyer for Berbatov. A Rossi-Rooney partnership would be interesting now Rossi has gone away and got some experience
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Agreed. I can't see Berbatov leaving for a decent price frankly, so I'd say this is a nothing story.
 
Personally I would have rather he was never sold, loved him when he was here, great touch and general awareness and his goal record spoke for itself.

That said, he's not improved at Villareal as much as he should have and the ship has sailed for him IMO. Bringing him back will only hold back the likes of Macheda and Welbeck (won't make it anyway as far as I'm concerned) and I think we have a genuine potential star in Hernandez.
 
Good little player.

We have no need for him.

Just as we had no need for him when he was sold.
 
If he'd never been at United we wouldn't be being linked with him. He had one good season with Villareal, and the rest have been no better than decent. He simply hasn't proven himself to be good enough for us.

He might do in time, but to spend the sort of money he'd cost would be a risk at this stage, IMO.
 
Times passed and the press must be bored. A lot has changed but we're getting our strength back up top. Roony, Berbatov, Hernandez, Kiko is pretty good and the best thing is the ages. It's has a bit of everything. I didn't mention welbeck as we'll probably loan him but I can see why some said he has the berbatovs about him. Also great pace in Hernandez which is always exciting..oh and I forgot owen :)
 
Pexbo said:
Personally I would have rather he was never sold, loved him when he was here, great touch and general awareness and his goal record spoke for itself.

That said, he's not improved at Villareal as much as he should have and the ship has sailed for him IMO. Bringing him back will only hold back the likes of Macheda and Welbeck (won't make it anyway as far as I'm concerned) and I think we have a genuine potential star in Hernandez.
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What makes you say that? Hes a better player overall than macheda.
 
He's a good player but with Hernandez being signed, his spot was taken. £12 million would be a steal for Rossi so it wouldnt matter how much we got for Berbatov, if thats what happened. But most likely Berbatov will be here next season and Rossi wont.
 
Do we need him?

He is not as good as Rooney and Berbatov. Hernandez is a hell of a prospect, pace, flair, and a skilled finisher, I bet he will get a lot of playing time this season. As well as Welbeck, Macheda, Diouf and Owen whom all can become great. If we sign Rossi, we should sell some of those, personally I don't think Welbeck are going to make it. Owen is not a priority for the future neither - If we were to sing Rossi back, that would be long term thinking. £12m is not a lot for a player with his talents, if that price is true.

The good reason to buy him is the academy rule, meaning that Rossi will pass as a English player as he was with us since 18? When Giggs and Scholes retires a few years from now, that might be useful, Ferdinand might not have a long time left neither.

Edit: When that is said, I did not like Rossi's attitude when he left us the first time. Ruud were gone, Saha was usually injured; meaning Tevez was his "only" challenge, he had been great for half a season like Rossi had been for half a season in the Serie A for Parma. That is a challenge I would have preferred him to want to take.
 
We'll be getting rid of a first team striker before we purchase one.
 
Won't happen. Don't need him. Next.
 
FlawlessThaw said:
We'll be getting rid of a first team striker before we purchase one.
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Michael Owen is gone after this season, I doubt we will renew his contract.
Welbeck and Diouf are both likeley to be loaned out. Diouf played wide at times in Molde, Ferguson might give him a go there too as his weakest property is his finishing. Especially in 4-3-3. and if we are going to run 4-3-3, we should/could have six forwards in the squad.

But again, does anyone know if Rossi will count as one of the 8 English players as he came from our academy?

If Ferguson indeed wants Rossi back, and Villareal wants to sell him - it is now or never.
 
Pexbo said:
Personally I would have rather he was never sold, loved him when he was here, great touch and general awareness and his goal record spoke for itself.

That said, he's not improved at Villareal as much as he should have and the ship has sailed for him IMO. Bringing him back will only hold back the likes of Macheda and Welbeck (won't make it anyway as far as I'm concerned) and I think we have a genuine potential star in Hernandez.
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That's why he'd be an improvement on Berbatov. But there's no way in hell it would ever happen, and it was in the Sun, so there's not much point in dwelling on it
 
Crustanoid said:
That's why he'd be an improvement on Berbatov. But there's no way in hell it would ever happen, and it was in the Sun, so there's not much point in dwelling on it
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What makes you say that? Rossi's goal record isn't THAT impressive. For eg. In the last two seasons Berbatov has made 86 appearances and scored 26 times.
Rossi has made 85 and scored 32. Ok he has a better ratio but it isn't astronomically better as some people think.
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
What makes you say that? Rossi's goal record isn't THAT impressive. For eg. In the last two seasons Berbatov has made 86 appearances and scored 26 times.
Rossi has made 85 and scored 32. Ok he has a better ratio but it isn't astronomically better as some people think.
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Rossis goals return is still better ;) Ok I was reaching for that one. However, you can also add to that Berbatovs playing in a better team. Are they full games?
 
Rossi has done about the same in Spain that Berbatov has done in United. About a goal in every third match. And that is actually not to bad.. neither from Rossi or Berbatov.

We did not sign Berbatov for his goalscoring attributes though. If that was Ferguson wanted he would get someone else. He signed Berbatov for his creativity.
 
Georgie Best said:
Rossi has done about the same in Spain that Berbatov has done in United. About a goal in every third match. And that is actually not to bad.. neither from Rossi or Berbatov.

We did not sign Berbatov for his goalscoring attributes though. If that was Ferguson wanted he would get someone else. He signed Berbatov for his creativity.
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you say that but he got over 20 goals in both his seasons at spurs, i'm not sure his consistancy in Germany but his international records right up there. Both are creative, I don't think there'd be much debate if Berbatov refound his spurs form. Let's hope so this season
 
Crumpsall Red said:
Lazy journalism ...... obviously we could buy him back because everyone knows of the buy-out clause .....but we are very unlikely to do so.
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Is it just me or has football journalism gotten considerably worse in the last 2-3 seasons.

There is more and more speculative / sensationalist crap now .... as if there wasn't enough of this in the past the main difference over the past 2-3 years is that it now seems more and more divorced from reality
 
204Red said:
Is it just me or has football journalism gotten considerably worse in the last 2-3 seasons.

There is more and more speculative / sensationalist crap now .... as if there wasn't enough of this in the past the main difference over the past 2-3 years is that it now seems more and more divorced from reality
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There is a reason why this is happening. When we where a PLC we had to declare every serious player's interest to the shareholders to approve. Now we don't need to do that anymore and the journalists have no way to know what we are doing.
 
Still reckon he's a better player than Tevez, Striker?
 
Berlinknives said:
Couldn't United just buy him and sell him to Hoffenheim for more money?
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Don't think we have the option to buy him at a discounted price. We would have to pay whatever other clubs are offering but, we'd be given a first right of refusal. If Hoffenheim want to pay say 15m for him - Villareal would have to offer him to us for that price and if we say no, then are free to move him to Hoffenheim.
 
Striker10 said:
you say that but he got over 20 goals in both his seasons at spurs, i'm not sure his consistancy in Germany but his international records right up there. Both are creative, I don't think there'd be much debate if Berbatov refound his spurs form. Let's hope so this season
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Yeah, but that team was going gung ho, and built the team around Berbatov... And he did not score many more league goals. His best Premier League season to date is 15 Premier League goals. Last season he scored 12 for us, only 3 less than his best Tottenham season... Goals against poor cup oppositions are not necessarily impressive. He has usually not played those matches in united as we have given our youth the chance. League goals is what matters, and he has done similar in United and Tottenham there.
 
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