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He proved the spark for England, really bossed the midfield with energy and tidiness when he came on. More like this please Rubén.

You have to be very naive if you don't think Jose has any sort of input in transfers at all. Mourinho isn't really known for making absolutely amazing signings either...

Thought he was overpriced and I knew he wouldn't be as effective in the PL. Falcao is quite limited as a striker IMO. My main prerogative however was that Cavani was available at the same time as well and I thought he'd be a much better fit here. Still think this is the case tbh.

Very excited by this. Keep us updated WHS.

Are people just criticising him for his performances for Colombia? This isn't similar to the Costa criticism at all IMO. Me, for example, I never wanted Falcao at CFC even when he was at his peak.

A motivated Dembele would be very good next to Matic IMO.

/closethread

Can't agree with this either Tomo. Remy should've been our clear number 2 choice from the get go but instead Mourinho gave Didier a lot more minutes. Mourinho has his favourites/preferences even if the better thing to do is to play another player.

They are not our biggest title rivals. City and United will pose a bigger threat.

I don't like this argument because Remy and Costa was not tried thoroughly enough at all. How many minutes did they actually have playing together?

You bring up a lot of very valid points that I agree with entirely but honestly, like DYC said, I wouldn't be surprised if Mou is doing this as a favour for Jorge Mendes - and maybe in return Jorge will sort us out with one of his top clients in the near future. One can only hope that's the case.

It's not that much of a bargain when you consider his age and the amount of time he's got left on his contract.

We're not going to find someone on the level of Remy as our 3rd choice striker. Even as a 2nd choice striker, it'll be hard to find someone who truly gives you as much value for your money as Remy does. To me it's increasingly looking like he's doing his old buddy Jorge Mendes a favour.

Then it shouldn't even be considered.

Neutral to poor. The effects remain to be seen. If we keep Remy then I'll be neutral on this but if we lose him... We lose a nicely aged (27?) excellent back up choice for a former has been superstar striker that might not light it up. Even if Falcao does do well, do we spend £35m on a 29/30 year old? That would be disastrous. The only thing that's keeping me sane about this deal is the fact that it's a loan.

If we can get him for ~£15m to replace Mikel I'd be happy.

Mikel is actually on £70-£80k. Why does almost every single post of yours come back to Mikel? Some unhealthy obsession you have with him.

Why shouldn't we extrapolate from that exactly? And why does it matter so much? So what if Remy wouldn't be able to score 20 goals in 2000 minutes? You and I both know if Loic had that many minutes he'd quite possibly reach 15 goals, which is still a fantastic return for a 2nd choice striker. Falcao played twice as much and only managed 4 goals at United. Your argument is very weak and is based on the premises that Falcao rediscovers his Atletico form and that he's proven to be a great 2nd choice striker (both of which are false). Falcao has never been 2nd choice before last season and he just did not deliver. How you diminish Loic's return in order to aid your argument is nothing short of stupendous considering that Loic scored many vital goals for us last season to win the title. You're living in the past. Falcao isn't the Falcao of old and he hasn't proved that he'd be a better 2nd choice than Remy at all. You're being very disrespectful to what Loic achieved here despite his very limited minutes. All I'm hoping is that his loan doesn't push Remy out because that would be disastrous. We'd lose a versatile, more clinical and better player in the hope that a former superstar regains his form (sound familiar?). Give me Remy over Falcao any day.

What exactly is the point of that statement then? It's pretty nonsensical. What were you trying to get at?

What a pathetic argument, so because he's just scored 7 goals in 700 minutes we shouldn't take Remy's effectiveness in front of goal seriously? Incredible.

£40m rejected. Incredible.

Their run in was easy. As long as Wenger is Arsenal manager, I can't see them ever being very serious title contenders, sorry. We've got better teams to worry about in City and Man United. It's always the same story of "if Arsenal add a few players, they'll be a big challenger" but do they ever? Honestly, we should be worrying about City and United because they are being linked with a lot of big, big signings, whilst Arsenal aren't.

I never even wanted us to sign him when he was the in form guy, so him being him currently makes it hard for me to be won over by the signing of Falcao. He wasn't needed at all I think, an unnecessary, excessive signing. It'll be very sad if this signing pushes out Remy. If that happens then the deal is definitely negative. Currently, Remy is so much better than Falcao, not even debatable. If we can manage to keep all three guys here happy (very unlikely), then it should be okay as long as Falcao doesn't kick up a fuss when he isn't playing, but I just can't see that happening. People are harbouring hope that Falcao will be the Falcao of some 2/3 years ago for us, and trying to use that as the main argument to say why he'll succeed here but I don't think that'll happen at all. I'm not expecting big things from Radamel tbh, and the only thing that is keeping me on the fence with the deal is the fact that it's a loan. What I don't want to see from Jose however is him unjustifiably playing or starting Falcao over either Remy or Costa. I just hope he doesn't do Torres MKII. What relation do the Drogba and Giroud signings have to Falcao? People aren't saying we shouldn't sign Falcao because he's coming from France? It's not even comparable in that sense at all.

4 goals in 14 starts is mad deceiving when he's totalling 4 goals in 29 appearances for United. Falcao is not a creative striker either. Never was.

That's not true, he was here as a trialist for a long time and trained with the youth team...I'm aware of the HG rules pal. Just wondering whether BT counted since he has been at Chelsea for quite some time (unofficially).