Radamel Falcao

[LAM09 6,793]

I can't see him coming here. His wages alone will be a major put off.

[Mechromancer 262]

Well, Drogba earned 100k per week. And that's a lot.

If he can accept a similar salary, i suppose is okay if Mou want the trade.

[mikeholiday 209]

Actually, it MIGHT be a low risk, high reward move. THAT IS IF he takes a 100K+ pay cut and it's a small loan fee. Ive no idea how much Utd paid Monaco for him.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I still dont know why did Monaco loan him out...they bought him for 50m or sth and they loan him out without obligation to buy. Quite a bad bussines if you ask me.

They lost big player (considering no one knew how will he perform this season) and got nothing for it.

Unless Monaco cant afford to pay his wages or United paid quite a lot money off the record for that loan.

He was on like 250k per week. Even if he takes massive pay cut, he would still get around 150k which is waay too much for third striker or better say for someone who had such poor season.

The only good thing is that he wants to take pay cut if he can play for big club again and try to prove himself. Could be good motivation. But apart from that, he is past it. Lost his pace and confidence, hard to gain that back.

[Mechromancer 262]

The salary is the main reason for his loan, i believe. The FFP just fucked everything

So his contract is a big problem for the club who have the rights. And they don't have many options because exist a difference then and now; when he went to Manchester, the guy still had some cache, but now.... They and the player can't demand anything. Especially the club.

[Madmax 9,219]

I remember reading something about him being 'forced' to make the move a long time ago. So you think it's true? Didn't know what to make of it back then, but I guess it makes sense looking at his situation right now.

Yeah, his hands were completely tied with the TPO deal he entered into while he was still in South America. Same goes for Atletico at the time of his sale to Monaco. Read the post nadavKTL linked above, it's the one I was talking about.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

I still dont know why did Monaco loan him out...they bought him for 50m or sth and they loan him out without obligation to buy. Quite a bad bussines if you ask me.

They lost big player (considering no one knew how will he perform this season) and got nothing for it.

Unless Monaco cant afford to pay his wages or United paid quite a lot money off the record for that loan.

He was on like 250k per week. Even if he takes massive pay cut, he would still get around 150k which is waay too much for third striker or better say for someone who had such poor season.

The only good thing is that he wants to take pay cut if he can play for big club again and try to prove himself. Could be good motivation. But apart from that, he is past it. Lost his pace and confidence, hard to gain that back.

United paid a 15-20 million pound loan fee.

[mikeholiday 209]

United paid a 15-20 million pound loan fee.

Wow.They bought a 4-goal striker for 15-20 million and sold him for zero.

[special Eden 78]

FALSE! The loan fee was 6£m…

Romours saying we only would take Falcao on loan. 3£m loan fee and Falcao is willing to drop his wages to 150k. Not so bad.

[TheOneChan95 225]

Unless we are going to pay him even less than Drogs this season it will just not be worth it. He is just not going to be a Torres 2.0 if you try and expect loads of goals from him. But in his defence he probably won't go into hiding the way Torres did.

I mean seriously somewhere on a United forum they are just praying for us to have him.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

FALSE! The loan fee was 6£m

Romours saying we only would take Falcao on loan. 3£m loan fee and Falcao is willing to drop his wages to 150k. Not so bad.

wrong choice of words from me, I included the wages in my numbers.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Chelsea FC is very close to being the new club of @FALCAO. Club and player are interested in the move. (via @luisferpo) #CFC #ASMonaco

[nyikolajevics 2,596]

Chelsea FC is very close to being the new club of @FALCAO. Club and player are interested in the move. (via @luisferpo) #CFC #ASMonaco

Yes please!

Edit: he had his hair cut!

[Pizy 18,430]

Don't believe it, myself. Remy has proven that he can score goals time and time again. With Drogba gone you'd think he'd be our #2 option.

Falcao on the other hand showed at United this season that he needs games to play well which he didn't get. He'd be parked on the bench for extended periods here as well and I doubt he'd voluntarily join as 3rd choice.

Would be pretty fucked up if he's told he'll be 2nd choice and it screws Remy over. Against this potential signing personally.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I don't know how to feel about this one. If he's 75% of the player he was for Atletico, then yes. He will get chances to score at Chelsea. Hazard and Fabregas between them created almost 200 chances in the PL this season, which is almost as much as the entire United team combined. But from the games I've seen him play at United, he looked a yard off the pace which is a concern. He's lost some of the agility he once had.

[Thendo 1,088]

Would be a decent solution as 3rd/2nd striker for a year if he's open to lowering his wages. Bamford gets a Pl loan and hopefully does well enough to return the season after.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

I would be ok with Costa, Remy, Solanke, but objectively its hard to see Mourinho going with this trio after a season we had Drogba as 3rd option, and we had some problems with injuries from the other two. It will be a gamble to go with only Costa and Remy. As fans we can say whatever we want but its Mourinho's concern. And lets be real, Solanke probably wont get to play more than 10 min from time to time.

[Leif 6,006]

no i want diego forlan and aguero