Radamel Falcao

[Toli 977]

would be a huge gamble. he has HUGE wages and Monaco wont sell him us for a penny neither. dont want him here, just smells like a 2nd torres scenario...go for cavani (even if unrealistic) or someone else but not Falcao. Falcao needs a system build upon him and we dont offer that type of system. at Madrid he was THE MAN and at Monaco he is also the number one man to play the ball to. Cavani would suit us much more. hard-working, good technique, team player etc etc. should have paid the 60 m back in the summer, but we decided to keep our pockets tight....

it all depends on the fee in the end. if it is in something of the excess of 50 m +, than we would be just plain crazy to pay that much for Falcao, especially after this injury. and he wasnt playing great before it too

[Fernando 6,481]

Fernando Torres part two.

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

Did Mourinho earlier made so clear hints about transfer targets? I don't think so. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just some sort of divert.

[BloodIsBlue 291]

Mourinho keeps his cards close to his chest, the media is always going to try to make sense of things. Their agent will always keep Mourinho and Falcao linked but I don't think for second the club is going to sign Falcao, we don't want someone who will be in their 30's at the end a short contract with us. EVERY other option intrigues me more through either the benefit of a young player or a far cheaper option than Falcao. Cavani would obviously make us a really feared team but PSG isn't that type of club and unless Cavani is so unhappy he becomes useless we don't have a shot at signing him for any reasonable fee. That leaves Costa, Balotelli, Mandzukic, Doumbia and L. Muriel all look to me as better options. Monaco also have Falcao spoiled as I read somewhere that he makes 12m tax free, we would have to put him on 450k/week to match his pay in London apparently. So Falcao has the potential to worse than 100 Fernandos should we experience the worst case scenario or a Torres like scenario. Falcao sold out moving to Monaco these are the kind of moves that create the Torres effect in players as they get greedy, can we really expect a goal machine when it looks like his motivation to be best has been replaced by his motivation to the richest?

[communicate 2,703]

I hope it's true, Colombians bought 65k tickets for the World Cup and it would be a shame if their primary player couldnt participate...

As for us signing him, I wouldnt mind it tbh. He is a fantastic player and people dont like to give him half the credit he deserves. He is way better than Diego Costa!

I know he is coming out of a big knee injury, but he can definitely recover from it. Ronaldo (fat) had 2 of those more than a decade ago and he came back to win a WC in huge style. So did Adrian Peterson, in only 8 months btw. Not saying we shouldnt be worried, but it doesnt mean Falcao is done just because he had a knee injury.

Of course I would prefer Cavani (I'd have actually signed him last summer), but if it is for the right amount (30-35mi), I cant see it doing us any harm...

I think it depends whether he will get enough playing time to get into form for before WC.

I'm pretty sure he will be brought into squad as long as he can play but playing player that just recovered from long injury tends to cause problems than good.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I think it depends whether he will get enough playing time to get into form for before WC.

I'm pretty sure he will be brought into squad as long as he can play but playing player that just recovered from long injury tends to cause problems than good.

Agree, but it is always better to have Falcao on the squad...

More than Colombia's top player, he is their biggest leader in the dressing room!

[Henrique 9,133]

His injury is probably just a fake thing, to drop his price tag, since he wants to leave Monaco.

[yuvala 2,167]

His injury is probably just a fake thing, to drop his price tag, since he wants to leave Monaco.

Haha do you really believe it ?

[BloodIsBlue 291]

His injury is probably just a fake thing, to drop his price tag, since he wants to leave Monaco.

He's a professional is he not? Even if this were true I'd find it so unprofessional a player like this would be toxic to our club or anyone's for that matter.

[nyikolajevics 2,594]

His injury is probably just a fake thing, to drop his price tag, since he wants to leave Monaco.

Incredible fake So realistic

[Henrique 9,133]

Haha do you really believe it ?

No.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

lol, how the fuck isnt that a penalty.

that referee deserves a paycheck cut

[DoubleO 192]

Anyone know how his recovery process is going?

[Hamilton 2,120]

Last thing i read was that he could be ready for wc, but really close call..

[Pacquiao 1,834]

It's Happening....

Francois Piraux ‏@F8Piraux 13h

AS Monaco Radamel #Falcao is a serious option for Chelsea board and José Mourinho if Diego Costa refuses to leave Atlético Madrid. #CFC

Frank Lampard UK ‏@FrankLampardUK 13h

#Chelsea are weighing up a £25million bid for Monaco striker Radamel Falcao after selling David Luiz to PSG for £50m. [Daily Star]

[Special Juan 27,439]

I've just posted that I wouldn't be surprised to see Falcao's name come up again.

[Fernando 6,481]

Why buy him?

He's the same case as Torres, coming of a major injury and might force himself into the world cup hurting himself even more.....

[jmarlow 458]

Monaco would definitely sell him as they need the money to go towards complying with FFP and they have Berbatov, Germain and Riviere, If Falcao has a good World Cup i could definitely see us bidding for him.