FERGIE RATES ROSSI

Last updated : 30 October 2005 By Ed

Our assistant manager:

"We have good hopes for Rossi. He's a goalscorer and he has a fantastic temperament. Nothing fazes him. He has a good, cold mind in the box and he showed that with his goal against Barnet. It's difficult to compare his style to anybody, but he's a bloody goalscorer, there's no doubt about that. He's a clever player, with a quick, quick brain. When Paul Scholes was a kid, he was similar to Rossi, but they are different players.

"Giuseppe's problem at the moment is that he has two formidable players in front of him in Rooney and Van Nistelrooy, and Louis Saha will also be back soon. But I don't think that's going to be a long-term problem for the boy."