Harry Redknapp reveals Tottenham Hotspur’s interest in Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi - EPL News
Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp, has revealed Spurs’ interest in talismanic Villarreal striker, Giuseppe Rossi, and sees the Italian striker as a perfect addition to his squad for the next season.
The north London club have been in search of a free scoring striker for the past six months after their current strikers failed to find the net on regular basis.
The towering English striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peter-Crouch-c29741, looked set to establish a formidable attacking partnership with Rafael van der Vaart but failed to show consistency. The 30-year-old English international could muster only 11 goals in 40 matches last season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jermain-Defoe-c18359 spent majority of the season nursing his injuries, eventually falling down the pecking order.
Of Tottenham’s 55 premier league goals in the season ended, the aforementioned trio only scored 18. Needless to say, the manager craves a quality striker to strengthen the attack.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Skills-c40539 and scored 32 goals in all competitions.
The 24-year-old’s impressive displays for Villarreal attracted interest from a number of European clubs including European and Spanish champions, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and Italian giants, Juventus.
Barcelona were heavily linked with Rossi and the striker also publically spoke of his desire to join the Catalan giants. But the deal failed to materialise after the Spanish champions refused to pay £30 million for the striker.
Juventus are currently leading the race to sign the Italian striker who is seen as a perfect replacement of their legendary http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-Del-Piero-c4726.
Harry Redknapp has confirmed that he has now also entered the race to land the Italian striker and believes that the Villarreal ace would be a huge hit at White Hart Lane.
The Spurs manager said, “I http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 centre-forward now.
Redknapp also revealed that he tried to sign Rossi last season, adding:
“We tried to get him last year and I think the fee was £18 million. That looks cheap now but he was a player we nearly had last year. That's up to the club and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 [Levy] and everybody. But if you're going to buy top players they cost top money - they're
not going to be cheap”
Rossi joined Villarreal from Manchester United and has scored 77 goals in 178 matches for the Yellow Submarine in the past four seasons.
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