Giuseppe Rossi reveals that he was so close to sign for Guardiola’s Barça

The market of signings is very wayward, and separated to numerous stars of the FC Barcelona of Pep Guardiola. In the sportive project of the Catalans added a lot of details that carried to the Camp Nou to enjoy of one of the best teams of the history, with a generation of footballers that still follows giving joys to the fans. Many are those that had wanted to form part of this changing room, but no all could.

Precisely, on this subject has spoken Giuseppe Rossi, that to his 33 years apura his career in the Real Salt Lake of the Major League Soccer. The Italian, formed in the quarry of the Parma, was attracted very young by the Manchester United, but exploded deportivamente in the Villarreal. His good do in LaLiga called the attention of the big, and in an interview to 'Sky Sports' has revealed that was to a step to dress of Barcelona.

The tip shined as never in The Madrigal in the campaign 2010-11, in which it contested 55 parties and contributed 32 goals and 11 assistances. These data, accompanied like that characteristic of the culés, with technician, class and vision of game, precipitated some negotiations that no fructificaron: "The season 2010-11 with the Villarreal was extraordinary, was the best after Messi and Christian and called the attention of the Barcelona".

The agreement established , but there were discords between the two teams on the payment. The Villarreal wanted a fixed part elder that the bonus, and the Barcelona, the contrary. So prompt like the Barcelona understood what wanted the Villarreal, changed his aims and I did not finish going", has explained, and has added that that was not the only opportunity that his path followed an ascending way before a fall in hammered.

"When Conte arrived to the Juventus was really near to go there, but the Villarreal said me that just finish to sell to Cazorla and could not leave me go to me also", has added, doing reference to a possible return to his country. Finally, this traspaso neither materialised , and a carousel of injuries prevented him go back to be the same. After going of a side to another without fortune, tries to enjoy again of the football in United States.

Rossi knew to a young version of Cristiano

Rossi also has revealed that, to his 17 years, in Old Trafford impressed him stars like Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo: "So prompt as I went in, the first person that knew was to Ryan Giggs. We are speaking of a footballer that also loved my father! It was a 'shock' see it. Cristiano, by his part, always wanted to improve. Constantly it wanted to be the best, comported like such, inside and out of the field. In the gymnasium, in each challenge, always wanted to be the number one".