ROSSI'S WINGS CLIPPED

Last updated : 16 March 2005 By editor

Youngster Giuseppe Rossi is setting the reserves on fire at the moment, but Ricky Sbragia (second string manager) has a few words of caution for him:

"We've just got to make sure he realises that he's playing for the team. It's not Giuseppe Rossi 1 somebody else 0, it's Manchester United and he plays within that system. He's had no problems, and we've had no problems with him at all. He's very professional in how he looks at it. He trains extremely well and he's playing extremely well.

"He's gelled really well this year - that's been the surprising thing about it. He's made the step up a lot quicker than we thought, it's basically a very different level of football to what he's used to.

"We just have to be careful it doesn't become the Giuseppe Rossi show. The big thing is that we find we're holding back on interviews and television appearances. We just hold back a little bit because at the end of the day there's more than Giuseppe in the team."