Rossi and Smith to leave OT, what about Pique

[johann]

does anybody know where he is and if he will join the team this season, i think he is a great player.

[Phreakboy]

I assume you are directly referring to Pique. I believe he has been involved in the U 20 World Cup with Spain.

On Rossi, i haven't seen him play at all but by all reports he is a great prospect. I'd hope that we can retain him for the future.

I'd hope we keep Rossi even if Tevez does arrive at Old Trafford. Solsjaer only has one more year left, Saha is injured every second game and who knows what is going to happen with Dong.

But as I said, I haven't seen him play so maybe someone else can offer a more expert opinion.

[carlyluvsunited]

does anybody know where he is and if he will join the team this season, i think he is a great player.

Gerard Pique - In July 2006, he played for Spain in the European Under19s Championship, helping them win the tournament. When he returned to Old Trafford it wasn't for long, as he was sent out to Real Zaragoza on loan..........I think he is still with them

[martinutd]

Smith may be leaving but the latest on Rossi is that he will probably stay with United. About Pique I hope he will stay and make our defence even stronger

[redtilldead]

Pique has ended his loan spell with Zaragoza and was quality. I don't want to see him go but Rio and Vidic are here to stay and i can't see Brown or O'shea leaving so i don't think he's got much of a chance. Plus he's only 19/20 and nowadays at that age you've got to be playing around 20 games a year or something and there aren't that many carling cup games. Besides we got him on the cheap and any potential sale will get us a healthy profit, at least that's how managers/executives think.

P.S. I'm not a manager/executive.

[johann]

I HOPE HE WILL STAY , Rossi , Smith and heinze will go i think , it will be good if Pique will stay because what will happen if one of the central defender gets injured again like last season with Vidic then he can stand in for one of them , can even let him play against the like of Sunderland ,Derby and West ham just to give Ferdinand or Vidic a break.

[Justice]

I dont rate Rossi. Pique, jury is out on that one, Smudger is a ledgend we cant let him go! I say just loan Rossi and Pique out for 1 or 2 years to some big clubs, if they look like there not going to turn out special, ship them out, if they do look to be big, get them back to OT.

[unitedred]

So you don't want to give young talent like Rossi a chance yet you want to keep a striker who can't score goals.

Mate, Rossi scored 9 goals in 18 games in the 2nd half of the italian serie a season to keep Parma up singlehandedly. Now thats NINE goals.

Alan Smith scored 1 goal in 18 apperances for Manchester United, just look at the difference of players at United and Parma, Smith has underachieved and we can't keep him anymore.

12 goals in 3 years speaks for itself, Smith must go!

[unitedred]

As for Pique, as far as I know the lad will stay, he can cover Right back, centre back and defensive midfield. He'll be a valuable squad member next season and Fergie has praised the lad for his achievements at Zaragoza.

Fergie also praised Rossi for doing well on loan at Parma, I really hope we keep both of them.

[Justice]

Pssh unitedred you just hate Smith dont you!
I think hes a quality act.
12 in 3 years? Maybe because he was in a wheelchair for most of that :P
But Hey, whatever, no sense fighting about it.

If Pique and Rossi do turn out world class, well, we'll be unstoppable =]

[Matt16]

If pique is half as good in real life as he is in FM we'll be doing well :)

[adamcsl]

Pique is highly rated together with Evans. Together they will be the pair of the future with assistance from Bardsley, Fabio and Rafael........