Magpies’ Rossi loan swoop ‘a waste of time’

ALEX FERGUSON has branded Giuseppe Rossi’s loan spell at Newcastle as a wasted exercise.

Rossi was allowed to join the Magpies to further his footballing education, with Ferguson believing he would be a regular member of Glenn Roeder’s squad.

Instead, the promising 19-year-old has made just six Premiership appearances and four of those were as a late substitute.