Rossi spent time on loan at Newcastle and Parma
last season.
Manchester United have sold striker Giuseppe Rossi to
Spanish side Villarreal for an undisclosed fee. The six-year deal
is subject to the 20-year-old American-born Italian passing a
medical. 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 last summer, which would have kept him at
the club until 2010, but his failure to earn a regular first-team
place brought an early end to his United career.
