Agent - Rossi a wanted man

Giuseppe Rossi is being chased by a host of clubs in Italy and England according to his agent.

The Villarreal striker, who is in Marcello Lippi's provisional squad of 30 to go to this summer's World Cup, may leave the club in the summer and could move back to his homeland or to England, where he was a part of Manchester United's youth team before moving to Spain.

Rossi has impressed during his time at the Yellow Submarine, scoring 33 goals in 91 games for the club, earning him international recognition and a place in Lippi's Confederations Cup squad for Italy in 2009.

"I feel that the player can leave Villarreal because this is a period of downsizing for the club," Rossi's agent Andrea Pastorello told calciomercato.it

"Several teams like Giuseppe in Italy.

"Juventus and Roma are important clubs, also Napoli and Fiorentina, but there are no real negotiations yet.

"I'm not sure whether Rossi will certainly come back to Italy, in recent weeks he was also viewed by several English clubs such as Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City."

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