Spurs set for new £20m bid for Italian striker
Published 23:05 04/06/11 By Steve Stammers
Tottenham will this week make a renewed bid for Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi.
The 24-year-old hit man scored 32 goals for his club last season – and he is the number one target on Tottenham’s wanted list.
Rossi is valued at £25 million by the Spanish club and Tottenham baulked at that initial valuation. They offered some £10 million less.
But they are set to go in with a renewed bid of around £20 million and are hopeful of landing their man.
Rossi joined Villarreal from Manchester United for £6.6 million four years ago after he failed to establish himself as a first team regular at Old Trafford.
He had loan spells at both Newcastle and his first club, Parma, before moving permanently to Spain.
His career has really taken off in the Primera Liga and he is now a regular member of the Italian squad.
He scored on Friday night in the 3-0 win over Estonia in a Euro 2012 qualifier and Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is hoping that his chairman Daniel Levy wil be able to negotiate a deal acceptable to Villarreal.
His arrival could herald the departure of England front man Peter Crouch and both Fulham and Stoke will be keen to sign him.
