La Liga Transfer Rumors: Giuseppe Rossi Comes With A Monster Price Tag

Any club going after Giuseppe Rossi in the summer transfer window is going to have to pay something approximating two arms and two legs. Giant arms and legs. And some money. According to Villarreal USA's translation of an article from El Periodico Mediterraneo, Villarreal rejected a bid for the American-born Italian forward from Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window - a bid that featured both €33M in cash and England striker Peter Crouch as a makeweight.

That package would probably be worth upwards of €40M, strongly implying that if Villarreal are to be persuaded to sell their prized asset during summertime it's going to cost whoever picks him up an awful lot of money indeed. We're starting to stray into Sergio Aguero and Alexis Sanchez territory at that price, and it's difficult to envision anyone topping Tottenham's supposed offer. With Rossi signed through 2016, there's no pressing reason for the club to sell, so this might simply be a 'hands off' message to everyone else.