He's only eligible for Italian citizenship because of how long he's lived in Italy. I don't think he has any Italian relatives.
Then forget about him. No Italian blood and we should put him on the National team? This reeks of desperation.
I think the name Amauri has Italian roots. I know the word amaro means sour or bitter.....It could be a dialect of that word.
Enough about Amauri. He was hardly that impressive yesterday for Palermo. Miccoli, on the other hand, was.
Obviously. He's 20, but has had decent high level experience. If he becomes a consistent scorer in the Liga, I don't think it's crazy to see him possibly a potential call-up next year. He's Brazilian & has no Italian relatives. His citizenship is only based on his residence of 6 years (I think). And agreed about Miccoli. Nice that he's back in Italy.
You need ten years to gain Italian citizenship if you don't have any blood relatives (unless you marry an Italian).
I thought they could fast track those things if they wanted to. Because if he had Italian relatives, he could have received the citizenship immediately.
I'm just tired of all the freaking hype, yes he is an impressive player but if he sneezes people here suggest he should be called up to the NT as if he's the next savior. The only reason the hype on this forum is so insane is because half of the posters here can relate to him, born outside of Italy into Italian families. I'm convinced if not for that the hype would not be so out of control. There have been a ton of people that have shown promise and not delivered on that. Rossi could very well be one of them, or he could be the next Baggio.
People have been giving the same hype to Cassano for the last 6 years now as well. Even when he was fat, out of shape, and hardly playing with Real Madrid they were screaming and shouting for him to be called up. I guarantee you that half these people would even call him up for the France qualifier even though he wasn't even on the BENCH for Samp's first match! I think that we've been waiting for so long for the "next Baggio" that everytime we see a bright young talent we immediately pounce on him to be giving maximum exposure at like 18 years of age! I personally think that Rossi is still to young for a senior squad call up and that he should be given the time he needs to grow as a player!
Difference being that Rossi actually played regularly for last year's season, while Cassano was entirely frozen out. He needs to get back into form before he can play for Sampdoria - I think that's reasonable. And HECK NO to a Cassano call up against France. He's a great player, and may be deserving in the future, but absolutely not now. The same goes for Rossi. Give him more time. If he continues to do well this season, then he will get called up without a shadow of a doubt. He has plenty of time to be called. Let's just not overhype him now.
I'm not denying that he will a guaranteed call up down the road. But do I think he is deserving of one just yet? NO. I think we're still solid enough in depth up front with our veterans and our newly graduated U-21's to not have to need to resort to calling up a 20 year old just yet!
Ragazzi, let's not call anyone "The Next Baggio". There will never be another Roberto Baggio. I can't believe it's already 3 years since he's retired. Now allow me to go to youtube and console myself with watching Baggio videos...
Rossi is good and he is being watched by Donadoni........ I am not over Hyping the Kid, but yesterday he statred for Villerreal and they are top 6 La Liga Team.
In any case, we shouldn't be giving so much focus just to Rossi as far as our young talent up front goes. We should not forget that we have other great young attacking superstars like PAzzini, Pelle, Bianchi, Palladino, and Rosina all ready and waiting to make their grand entrances any day now! They are all offensively gifted players, and although they may not have the appeal or attention that Rossi has, they have all proven that they got the quality to deliver the goods for the NT in the very near future.
I think all this grasping at Rossi/other youth is because the players who were supposed to deliver their potential right about now are not doing it. Mostly I'm thinking Gilardino and Cassano. They're still young and can certainly recover their form, but it's been a disappointment.
Notice how in both cases (Gila and Cassano) the disappointment really started only when they jumped to big clubs (Gila to Milan and Cassano to Real). Prior to that both were amongst the top young talents in the world! Goes to show that jumping to a big club isn't necessarily the best choice to make, especially when you're a young player still trying to establish himself as a world class star.
Anyone think that Montella might have even a slight chance of getting called up by Donadoni in the near future? He scored a very nice goal against Siena this past weekend, and he looks to be in great form.
I doubt it. Donadoni has not even called Iaquinta once into the squad since he took over and this guy played on the WC team. Even though he is on form and has had a good start to the season I am not even sure if he will get a call though he probably deserves one.
Not a real shocker there. Only time I would ever question Lippi's sanity as a coach as when he would continuously call this guy up and even give him a spot on the WC squad! He flat out stinks, so at least Donadoni managed to notice that!
Iaquinta isn't bad, he fulfilled the role Lippi needed him to fulfill, which was using his speed and strength late on in the game to tire out the opposition and create chances. Lippi only used him as a sub most of the time, and it's not like he didn't do well. He got a goal against Ghana and I can remember him being effective in the Germany game, winning us lots of corners off Lahm with his runs down the right. I don't think Donadoni has called him up simply because he doesn't really fit into his system (whatever that may be).