If Rossi wanted out, that would not surprise me. He has not been the Italian premier league defender I thought he would be. Definite case of can't be assed
I think it has more to do with us being a little overawed about Serie A and what we assume it means. Would you be equally disappointed in his performance if he came from a career in the Bulgarian or Moldovan premier league? By A-League standards he is a decent, relatively clean CB with few performance issues and mercifully few injury problems. And he is not a dickhead.
I would concede a point that he appears less motivated today than he was when he started with us. But in my eyes he is the guy that settled our defensive line when he arrived at The Nix, and who proved to be our most "even" defender over the last season and the current season to date. He is not flash, and not particularly fast, but I consider him reliable in comparison to others around him.