Manchester United Sign Falcao On A One Year Loan Deal

Manchester United have won the race to
sign Radamel Falcao from Monaco on a one-
year loan.
Falcao cost United £12 million and follows
Angel di Maria, Daley Blind, Luke Shaw, Ander
Herrera and Marcos Rojo in joining manager
Louis van Gaal at the club.
He had been linked throughout the summer
with a move away from the French Ligue 1
side, who he joined for £50m in May 2013.
The former Porto and Atletico Madrid striker
was expected to join Manchester City while
Arsenal also entered the race late last week.
He was also linked to Italian champions
Juventus and Spanish side Real Madrid.
Rumours of a move to European champions
Real gathered pace on Saturday when a
comment on his official Twitter account, which
was later deleted, read: “Dream come true #
halamadrid”.
However, Falcao indicated the first tweet was
fake, saying: “I have to refute a story about a
tweet I have not done and that is a photo
montage.”
Speculation over his future grew when he was
dropped from Monaco’s squad shortly before
Saturday’s draw against Lille, after being
expected to start.
Manchester United then moved for him amid
fears of niggling injuries to Robin van Persie
and will offset Falcao’s arrival with funds from
the sale of Danny Welbeck on deadline day
while Javier Hernandez joined Real Madrid.
Falcao has scored 11 goals in 20 appearances
for Monaco and has made three appearances in
Ligue 1 this season, after returning from an
anterior cruciate ligament damage he sustained
in January, which kept him out of this
summer’s World Cup.
After completing his move, Falcao will join his
national team ahead of their friendly against
Brazil in Miami on Friday night.
The clash will be a repeat of the World Cup
quarter-final which Brazil won 2-1.