Rossi set to snub Spurs as £10m Villarreal striker edges closer to Napoli move

Spurs target: Giuseppe Rossi

Tottenham are set to miss out on Giuseppe Rossi after the striker's agent dropped the strongest hint yet he will join Napoli.



Rossi has been linked with a move away from Villarreal for some time and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is a known admirer of the £10million-rated Italian.



Several Premier League clubs have been tracking the former Manchester United player, who is out of action until the summer as he recovers from knee surgery, but the north Londoners were at the head of the queue.



However, Serie A now looks the most likely destination for the 25-year-old. Napoli could lose Ezequiel Lavezzi in the summer with a host of European big guns, including Manchester City and Liverpool, hovering over the Argentina forward.

Rossi would plug the gap and his agent Federico Pastorello told Radio Kiss Kiss: 'Lavezzi going to England and Rossi to Napoli? I cannot confirm, but it is a possibility that Lavezzi might leave Napoli.

'I cannot rule out Rossi joining Napoli. After five years at Villarreal, I think that all parties are more susceptible to listening to the offers that arrive.



'We will see, but one thing is clear: Villarreal are open to selling Rossi, and the player is ready to leave the club.'





