La Liga Transfer Rumors: Giuseppe Rossi Transfer To Barcelona “Definitely Off”

What changed in recent weeks is still unclear. Villareal’s valuation of Rossi might have been more than Barcelona thought he was worth or Barcelona may have allocated the money that would have gone in the Rossi deal to Alexis Sanchez, who it appears as if they are on the verge of signing from Udinese.

Rossi will not be short on options to move. He was coveted not just by Barcelona, but by Tottenham Hotspur and several clubs in Italy, the country for whom he plays internationally.

Despite different denials and acknowledgements from agents and team owners, the Alexis Sanchez to Barcelona rumors keep moving right along. The latest bit of news come from Bojan Krkic’s agent who claims that Barca is indeed in talks with Udinese and that his client is being offered as part of a potential deal to bring the Chilean winger to the Camp Nou. There’s also been some buzz in the Italian media about Bojan moving to Roma with the appointment of former Barcelona B manager Luis Enrique as the club’s new manager.

While that might seem like a lot of money, most of it will be eaten up by the anticipated transfer of Alexis Sanchez, who’s in line to cost as much as €35M by himself. Then again, one has to wonder just why Barcelona need much in the way of a transfer budget - they’re the best team in the world and recruiting additional superstars seems rather silly at this point. They should probably just acquire a backup centre back and call it good.

Nothing is confirmed yet, of course, but the wires in Spain are buzzing about the inevitable acquisition. However, Udinese patron Gino Pozzo has said that no deal has been reached, either between Barcelona and Udinese or Barcelona and Sanchez.

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Villarreal claims that no acceptable bid for Rossi has been received with seems to contradict Jaime Redknapp’s tweet last week claiming that the Yellow Submarine had rejected a £27 million bid for the forward. Whatever the case, the price tag for Rossi is expected to fall somewhere between €25 to €30 million.