Giuseppe Rossi's agent reveals:"He was very close to joining Barcelona. Fiorentina? Likely a closed chapter"

Few things are more fun than wondering "what if?" especially on the transfer market. Certainly Giuseppe Rossi has pondered what his career would look like had he joined Barcelona, the team he'll face tonight with Celta Vigo. His agent Federico Pastorello revealed in an exclusive interview to GianlucaDiMarzio.com that it almost happened back in the summer of 2011:"It was basically all done with Barcelona, we had an agreement on the details of the contract, then some details emerged and everything collapsed. Pepito was coming off a great season at Villareal, but he had some small problems. They had to pick between him and Alexis Sanchez, in the end they took the Chilean. Too bad, we were very close to closing" Pastorello was then asked about the situation with Fiorentina:"In Florence it went they way it did, I think at this point the chapter with the viola is over. The national team? It's the objective for any player, so Giuseppe is hopeful. At the moment there hasn't been a contact with Ventura"