Radamel Falcao

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Falcao is still class. The United "system" LvG utilised was obscene, absolutely no place for an out-and-out striker in there. Stick Falcao in the Arsenal or Chelsea teams of last season and he'd have banged them in without an issue.

You don't become a bad player overnight. Torres didn't. It was a gradual process of one hopeless moment after another. He still had the odd glimpse of brilliance, especially under Benitez, but ultimately he was done for. People need to remember Falcao is the guy who kept Diego Costa out of the Atletico team and this time last year was one of the superstars to be missing the World Cup, which so many of us were gutted about.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Torres in his prime was all about pace, he's never been a great technician. I can't understand why people still compare these two players, they are so much different. First of all we ain;t gonna pay 50mio pounds for him and he'll come as a 2nd or 3rd striker.

Torres in his prime was also a great finisher even with his left foot, he also had great movment off the ball at Chelsea he was the complete opposite! i never knew an injury could take away your finishing ability and your off the ball movement.

[iseah100 5,612]

Falcao is still class. The United "system" LvG utilised was obscene, absolutely no place for an out-and-out striker in there. Stick Falcao in the Arsenal or Chelsea teams of last season and he'd have banged them in without an issue.

You don't become a bad player overnight. Torres didn't. It was a gradual process of one hopeless moment after another. He still had the odd glimpse of brilliance, especially under Benitez, but ultimately he was done for. People need to remember Falcao is the guy who kept Diego Costa out of the Atletico team and this time last year was one of the superstars to be missing the World Cup, which so many of us were gutted about.

Not to mention he never had a preseason with MU and didn't get consistent game time nearly all season.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Falcao is still class. The United "system" LvG utilised was obscene, absolutely no place for an out-and-out striker in there. Stick Falcao in the Arsenal or Chelsea teams of last season and he'd have banged them in without an issue.

You don't become a bad player overnight. Torres didn't. It was a gradual process of one hopeless moment after another. He still had the odd glimpse of brilliance, especially under Benitez, but ultimately he was done for. People need to remember Falcao is the guy who kept Diego Costa out of the Atletico team and this time last year was one of the superstars to be missing the World Cup, which so many of us were gutted about.

he never kept Costa out of the Atletico team...

[lucio 5,418]

Falcao is still class. The United "system" LvG utilised was obscene, absolutely no place for an out-and-out striker in there. Stick Falcao in the Arsenal or Chelsea teams of last season and he'd have banged them in without an issue.

You don't become a bad player overnight. Torres didn't. It was a gradual process of one hopeless moment after another. He still had the odd glimpse of brilliance, especially under Benitez, but ultimately he was done for. People need to remember Falcao is the guy who kept Diego Costa out of the Atletico team and this time last year was one of the superstars to be missing the World Cup, which so many of us were gutted about.

Torres still managed 22 goals one season, in a worse team than today. I think falcao would be prolific here

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Torres still managed 22 goals one season, in a worse team than today. I think falcao would be prolific here

22 goals in about 60 games.

[robdog 2,084]

People need to remember Falcao is the guy who kept Diego Costa out of the Atletico team

Falcao is a talent, but I think AM believed they could sell Falcao & promote Diego Costa. In fact, I would argue that AM wanted DC to improve first before this transfer took place. They took their time & was awarded a lot of money for selling Falcao. IMHO AM benefited immensely by selling Falcao. Now do CFC need Falcao? I believe he would not fit in here. Are you sure there is no bad blood w/ DC & Falcao? Personally I rather keep Remy, who has shown he can do a shift at CFC & give a youngster (like Solanke or Bamford) that 3rd Striker spot.

[Rom2013 446]

I would have him here without a doubt. He will be second ST, he is a huge improvement when compared with Drogba.

With him we can begin the game with 2 ST when needed, he is the kind of player we can change the system sometimes to have both ST on the pitch.

United was a mess, and they had 3 world class ST, any player would have problems in there at that moment. We are different, we just have 1 world class ST he will have a good chance.

I think this is the continuation of the great deales we are doing in the last 2 years. Buy or take on loan a player that was world class, that would accept a secundary role, for a lot less money than he would cost 1 or 2 years ago.

If Drogba could do it , Falcao that is 10 times better than him today, can do it also.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

In my opinion, Falcao will be useful in our defensive counter attack system when away, which Remy not fitted to do it when Costa unavailable last season. So, I would welcome him here and looking forward to it.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

and he'll come as a 2nd or 3rd striker.

Really? £250-300,000/week (as quoted by most sources) plus a £45m transfer fee and that amounts to "2nd or 3rd striker"?

Shevchenko and Torres. Two players that we signed for record deals and clearly not cut out for this squad, signed simply because of their name. Costa & Remy were smart signings, scouted and well thought out.. They contributed in abundance for fees not near what we're used to paying. Falcao is signing that signals name over anything, I saw a member even suggest shirt sales as a pro for this move?!

If this club is paying those sorts of sums for a second or third striker then it's clearly going in the wrong direction. Sure, he could go elsewhere and become a success and we'd say "oh we should have signed him", but are we really in a position to take such a financial risk? Mourinho has said countless times how we're trying to abide by FFP, if that's true then this is a case of 1 step forward, 2 steps back.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Really? £250-300,000/week (as quoted by most sources) plus a £45m transfer fee and that amounts to "2nd or 3rd striker"?

Shevchenko and Torres. Two players that we signed for record deals and clearly not cut out for this squad, signed simply because of their name. Costa & Remy were smart signings, scouted and well thought out.. They contributed in abundance for fees not near what we're used to paying. Falcao is signing that signals name over anything, I saw a member even suggest shirt sales as a pro for this move?!

If this club is paying those sorts of sums for a second or third striker then it's clearly going in the wrong direction. Sure, he could go elsewhere and become a success and we'd say "oh we should have signed him", but are we really in a position to take such a financial risk? Mourinho has said countless times how we're trying to abide by FFP, if that's true then this is a case of 1 step forward, 2 steps back.

In case you misunderstood, we will only sign Falcao on loan with a negotiation for a pay cut. If he still want a huge wage, we will be looking for someone else.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

In case you misunderstood, we will only sign Falcao on loan with a negotiation for a pay cut. If he still want a huge wage, we will be looking for someone else.

Call me a skeptic but I think that 'paycut' is quite unlikely. When you live such a luxurious lifestyle you're not going to lower your demands to such an extent. Which ever way you look at it, it's paying over the odds for a second or third striker that simply isn't suitable.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Call me a skeptic but I think that 'paycut' is quite unlikely. When you live such a luxurious lifestyle you're not going to lower your demands to such an extent. Which ever way you look at it, it's paying over the odds for a second or third striker that simply isn't suitable.

He will have to, if he want to come here, because no players in here will gain more than Terry and Hazard. Also because this time the player looks badly need the move. Last season at MU, LvG want the move and it still below or the same of Rooney get each week.

[stroey 2,525]

Call me a skeptic but I think that 'paycut' is quite unlikely. When you live such a luxurious lifestyle you're not going to lower your demands to such an extent. Which ever way you look at it, it's paying over the odds for a second or third striker that simply isn't suitable.

He was on 265k a week, if he wants to take a paycut to 100-150k, we can talk.

He's the desperate one here, not us. After his injury and bad year at United, not many top clubs still want him. He's already almost 30 years old, so probably his last chance to move to an elite club.

If he wants to keep that luxurious lifestyle and throw away his final ambitions, so be it. We already have 2 top strikers, we can easily buy another reasonable striker instead of him. Monaco also knows his market value dropped superbly after these 2 years, they will never get the original transfer sum (+ - £55M) back.

So it's basically like: 130K/wk, £3m loan fee and option to buy at max £22M. Take it or leave it, Monaco and Falcao.

[didierforever 7,349]

He was on 265k a week, if he wants to take a paycut to 100-150k, we can talk.

He's the desperate one here, not us. After his injury and bad year at United, not many top clubs still want him. He's already almost 30 years old, so probably his last chance to move to an elite club.

If he wants to keep that luxurious lifestyle and throw away his final ambitions, so be it. We already have 2 top strikers, we can easily buy another reasonable striker instead of him. Monaco also knows his market value dropped superbly after these 2 years, they will never get the original transfer sum (+ - £55M) back.

So it's basically like: 130K/wk, £3m loan fee and option to buy at max £22M. Take it or leave it, Monaco and Falcao.

has he ever played in CL? we can give him that chance. needs to do an anti-torres by taking a paycut.