Giuseppe Rossi's season has come to a screeching halt.
Rossi's club Villarreal confirmed that the New Jersey-born striker tore his right ACL against
Real Madrid in Wednesday's 3-0 loss at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, and he will have to miss the next
six months of action.
Coming off a the best season of his career to date, the 24-year-old Rossi had scored five goals
in all competitions for Villarreal this season including two in UEFA Champions League play.
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United States national team striker Jozy Altidore was introduced at new club AZ Alkmaar on
Wednesday, putting pen to paper on a four-year deal that seals his permanent move from Spanish club
Villarreal.
Altidore, who will wear the No.
United States National Team forward Jozy Altidore is now a member of AZ Alkmaar, the club most
associated with its US National Team alum and AZ's director of football Earnie Stewart. Alkmaar
bought Altidore's contract from La Liga club Villarreal. Altidore joins the Eredivisie club after
spending part of last season on loan with Bursaspor in Turkey's topflight.
New Jersey product Giuseppe Rossi, who plays for the Italian national and
Spanish club Villarreal, says Italian soccer is stuck in the past, and that's why Spanish and
English clubs have been dominating European competition in recent years.
Since leaving New Jersey at age 13 for Parma's youth program, Rossi has played in English Premier
League, Italian Serie A and the Spanish La Liga.
Jozy Altidore will spend the remainder of the 2010-2011 season in Turkey joining Bursaspor on-loan
from Spanish club Villarreal.
Former Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi ended speculation surrounding a possible
transfer to Tottenham Hotspur by signing a new deal with his La Liga club Villarreal.
Rossi, who is an Italy international, had been linked with a switch to White Hart Lane as a
replacement for Robbie Keane before he expressed his commitment to staying in Spain.
