[Manucho the boss]

Going to miss the game on Sunday, disappointing that he hasn't been available very much. If worst comes to worst I'm sure we can get out of the permanent transfer though.

 

[Pexbo]

It's disappointing because of who he is. Radamel Falcao, only time will tell but I have a horrible feeling he's going to be a big disappointment here with regular injuries.

 

[Sammyjunn]

Paying 50 million pounds for a striker who will be 29, is this a good idea?

 

[Mockney]

He'll now not have played a full 90 minutes for us until mid-november at the earliest. That's really odd.

 

[JUPITER]

He'll now not have played a full 90 minutes for us until mid-november at the earliest. That's really odd.

It is. Especially after the long drawn out medical, Real pulling out of the deal with him etc.

I was really excited when we signed him but my excitement has been replaced by the feeling that something is just 'off' with the situation.

 

[Cro]

Paying 50 million pounds for a striker who will be 29, is this a good idea?

Most of the times the expensive transfers are the most profitable, as Real Madrid shows on a regular basis.

I think it's far too early to judge him, because of his late arrival and niggling injuries. We shouldn't buy him just for the sake of it and I don't think we will, if he doesn't deliver the way we want him to. But that is the good thing with having him here on loan for the season. If he gets to the level he was or near to that, we hold all the cards to get him and if not, we can step back and didn't lose anything. I think he will come good, but as every other player, he needs to get a good run of games to get back to the level he is capable of. I can see him getting more and more important as the season progresses, but we shouldn't expect miracles as soons as he returns.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

He'll now not have played a full 90 minutes for us until mid-november at the earliest. That's really odd.

Think it was you that said at least one of our big signings would be a flop (on the basis that no manager ever has a 100% hit rate in a big spree like ours) and Falcao seemed like the most likely candidate based on no good reason other than a feeling in your gut. Something like that anyway. My gut feels similar.

 

[SonnyTheHaloPro]

No way he will be a flop, he's been brilliant for every club he's played for, so he isn't randomly going to start being crap here. He just needs a run of games and he will be scoring a lot of goals.

As for people asking if it's a good idea to sign him, we are going to have to sign another striker anyway, especially if we are back in Europe for next season. (I don't think Wilson is ready yet either) Falcao is also very marketable, I'm sure we will make more than his transfer fee on marketing him anyway, so I don't really see a problem with spending £44million on a world class striker.

Only thing that he annoyed me with is that photo he took with that Real Madrid top on, seems like he's still itching for a move to the Bernabeau, if that's the case then feck him anyway.

 

[Sonny1972]

No way he will be a flop, he's been brilliant for every club he's played for, so he isn't randomly going to start being crap here. He just needs a run of games and he will be scoring a lot of goals.

As for people asking if it's a good idea to sign him, we are going to have to sign another striker anyway, especially if we are back in Europe for next season. (I don't think Wilson is ready yet either) Falcao is also very marketable, I'm sure we will make more than his transfer fee on marketing him anyway, so I don't really see a problem with spending £44million on a world class striker.

Only thing that he annoyed me with is that photo he took with that Real Madrid top on, seems like he's still itching for a move to the Bernabeau, if that's the case then feck him anyway.

Only thing that he annoyed me with is that photo he took with that Real Madrid top on, seems like he's still itching for a move to the Bernabeau, if that's the case then feck him anyway.


Did i miss something ??

 

[Invictus]

Only thing that he annoyed me with is that photo he took with that Real Madrid top on, seems like he's still itching for a move to the Bernabeau, if that's the case then feck him anyway.

Only thing that he annoyed me with is that photo he took with that Real Madrid top on, seems like he's still itching for a move to the Bernabeau, if that's the case then feck him anyway.
Did i miss something ??

Apparently that wasn't Falcao. From newbie forum :

I wish somebody could tell them in the RADAMEL FALCAO thread in the main forum.. that the person in that picture IS NOT FALCAO.

It annoys me that they'd think he'd wear a REAL MADRID SHIRT. It is just somebody that looks like him.

The blog is in Spanish, but it was just a quick one that I searched. I've also read in the Colombian NewsPaper that the man in the image is NOT Falcao.

https://es.eurosport.yahoo.com/blog...-del-madrid-revoluciona-la-red-180344947.html

They guys here are calling him thick, but they are the thick ones for believing that.

 

[Sammyjunn]

No way he will be a flop, he's been brilliant for every club he's played for, so he isn't randomly going to start being crap here. He just needs a run of games and he will be scoring a lot of goals.

As for people asking if it's a good idea to sign him, we are going to have to sign another striker anyway, especially if we are back in Europe for next season. (I don't think Wilson is ready yet either) Falcao is also very marketable, I'm sure we will make more than his transfer fee on marketing him anyway, so I don't really see a problem with spending £44million on a world class striker.

Only thing that he annoyed me with is that photo he took with that Real Madrid top on, seems like he's still itching for a move to the Bernabeau, if that's the case then feck him anyway.

Hernandez is still there, but to pay a total amount of 50 million pounds for someone who would be on the top of his peak and could decline very soon (while Rooney/RVP/Hernandez) are still at the club, I dont think that's smart. We also should be worrying about the FFP, Woodward already warned us that our revenue could decline a bit, and I reckon we will buy more than just Falcao.

 

[SonnyTheHaloPro]

Only thing that he annoyed me with is that photo he took with that Real Madrid top on, seems like he's still itching for a move to the Bernabeau, if that's the case then feck him anyway.


Did i miss something ??

It's discussed in the last page I think, there is a picture of him and his kid with Real tops on.

 

[Ramshock]

As it stands right now I dont think the club would make this deal permanent. Its not encouraging for Falcao

 

[SonnyTheHaloPro]

Hernandez is still there, but to pay a total amount of 50 million pounds for someone who would be on the top of his peak and could decline very soon (while Rooney/RVP/Hernandez) are still at the club, I dont think that's smart. We also should be worrying about the FFP, Woodward already warned us that our revenue could decline a bit, and I reckon we will buy more than just Falcao.

We can easily spend over £100million in the summer again regardless of performance during the season, the new kit deals we made generate a lot of money but obviously being in Europe would be preferable.

 

[Manucho the boss]

No way he will be a flop, he's been brilliant for every club he's played for, so he isn't randomly going to start being crap here. He just needs a run of games and he will be scoring a lot of goals.

As for people asking if it's a good idea to sign him, we are going to have to sign another striker anyway, especially if we are back in Europe for next season. (I don't think Wilson is ready yet either) Falcao is also very marketable, I'm sure we will make more than his transfer fee on marketing him anyway, so I don't really see a problem with spending £44million on a world class striker.

Only thing that he annoyed me with is that photo he took with that Real Madrid top on, seems like he's still itching for a move to the Bernabeau, if that's the case then feck him anyway.

Do you have any basis for this massive assumption?

I have no idea how many extra Falcao shirts we would sell but I doubt we'd somehow make a profit on his transfer.

 

[Sonny1972]

It's discussed in the last page I think, there is a picture of him and his kid with Real tops on.

I think its more a James top then a Real top if you ask me .

 

[2 man midfield]

I'm still not sure we ever actually signed him, he's always injured!

 

[Invictus]

Hernandez is still there, but to pay a total amount of 50 million pounds for someone who would be on the top of his peak and could decline very soon (while Rooney/RVP/Hernandez) are still at the club, I dont think that's smart. We also should be worrying about the FFP, Woodward already warned us that our revenue could decline a bit, and I reckon we will buy more than just Falcao.

Harsh but true. We have to be prudent going forward and in the wake of Radamel's irregular fitness I'm leaning more towards the option of rejecting a permanent move which all things considered would represent a pretty short sighted investment given his fitness and age profile. Despite Falcao being an absolutely world beater when on song, as an example for about £50 million, we could try to replicate the successful Bayern model and acquire the trio of Reus, Firmino and Sule. The former 2 might be overkill but would inject some venom and dramatically upgrade our wide-ish attacking options in conjunction with Adnan and allow Di Maria to continue is his strongest midfield 3 role. The latter could be a 3rd/ 4th choice CB at first but has the talent to be as good as Ginter in a couple of seasons and maybe even Hummels or Boateng in 5. Something like that would speak of real value for money and give us a healthy core of good and potentially excellent players for the next decade or thereabouts, while allowing us to concentrate on other, more immediate areas of need.

 

[NinjaFletch]

Needs a ridiculous 2nd half of the season to even entertain the thought of buying him. Not fit and, tbh, not impressed when he does play (although obviously struggling for rhythm). The only worry i have at the moment is us letting him go and a rival snapping him up and being a beast for them.

 

[Raoul]

Can't see us buying him even if he has a productive year this year. Hope he gets fully fit for the Arsenal game.

But yeah, seeing as he is 29ish, i doubt we would spunk that much money on him. We have other priorities. We could however take him on loan for another year to create a rent-a-player type deal like we had with Tevez (despite Falcao belonging to Monaco and not an agent).

 

[2 man midfield]

From what i can piece together from various bits, it appears we've already signed him and the loan is a front/FFP dodge on Monaco's behalf. If that is the case, do all contracts signed up to this point reflect this, or is it still strictly an option to buy and we can pull out at the seasons end? Do we even know? Because some seem to think it's already done.

 

[Raoul]

If we signed him, I hope its for significantly less than some of the numbers being thrown around.

 

[SonnyTheHaloPro]

Do you have any basis for this massive assumption?

I have no idea how many extra Falcao shirts we would sell but I doubt we'd somehow make a profit on his transfer.

Ask me again in May and I will give you more accurate detail on the finances regarding Falcao and how much money he makes for the club, I don't really want go of information this early, but his contribution in shirt sales and merchandising seems bright so far.

 

[2 man midfield]

If we signed him, I hope its for significantly less than some of the numbers being thrown around.

If it's true that many were worried about his knees, i.e Madrid pulling out, no other big teams interested, plus Monaco needing to get rid to balance the books it does put us in a fairly strong position. However, i'd be amazed if we're talking under £30-35m.

 

[Manucho the boss]

If it's true that many were worried about his knees, i.e Madrid pulling out, no other big teams interested, plus Monaco needing to get rid to balance the books it does put us in a fairly strong position. However, i'd be amazed if we're talking under £30-35m.

I think the fee is already agreed, another £44m apparently.

 

[2 man midfield]

I think the fee is already agreed, another £44m apparently.

I saw a lot of places running with that but i'm not convinced tbh. After all, no-one seems to know anything about his wages either.

 

[McMarmite]

The thing for me with falcao is that his value will be dependent on this loan not only for us but for real or any other interested parties. If we deem him worth enough of a 50 mil transfer, more than likely someone would too.

 

[El Zoido]

I'm still not concerned. I just think this latest injury is just an unfortunate setback.

 

[JPRouve]

I think the fee is already agreed, another £44m apparently.

We don't really know about that, the press are liars. For example Shaw is apparently on half the wage they mentioned and the transfer fee is 12m lower.
And the same people who talked about this price were also mentioning a wage that Falcao never got in his life.

 

[J-Stander]

At least the next couple of Colombia games are in Europe, so he won't be jet lagged for the Arsenal game if he's over his injury.

 

[RedorDead21]

Have to say thus far injury wise and luck wise its hard to justify that kinda outlay for me. Its early days of course but I'd be wanting late teens goal wise and an injury free run before even looking at a permanent deal.

 

[Zoo]

For what it's worth apparently the picture of him in the Madrid shirt isn't actually him. No idea whether that's true, a newb has posted a link but it isn't in English.

Falcao has a lookalike who posed in the Madrid shirt the day of the Classico. Here's another one

 

[JUPITER]

Falcao has a lookalike who posed in the Madrid shirt the day of the Classico. Here's another one

Damn, she's nice...

Her mate in the red isn't bad either.

 

[Hal9000]

Been here 6 games since he signed, played in 4 of those. Injury prone...

 

[thejtrain]

Doesn't look good for him at the moment, does it? Missing 2 of our biggest games must feel awful.

He should have a ridiculously good second half of the season to convince us to sign him on a permanent basis. At the moment, it looks unlikely for that to happen.

 

[Dion]

No way he will be a flop, he's been brilliant for every club he's played for, so he isn't randomly going to start being crap here. He just needs a run of games and he will be scoring a lot of goals.

Andriy Shevchenko would disagree with you there.

 

[ryan_forlan]

How far away is Falcao? Ok he is injured, but what injury and when will he be back? Why is no asking and answering that??
Someone please elaborate on this :-(

 

[Escobar]

Been here 6 games since he signed, played in 4 of those. Injury prone...

You really wonder why some posters are so quick to act like drama queens and write off players after 2 months. FFS....

 

[Getsme]

Been here 6 games since he signed, played in 4 of those. Injury prone...

Question is, can we sell him?

 

[Crashoutcassius]

WTF are people talking about, did he not just get a knock in training or something? Could happen to anyone? He was out for a year and in the games he's played he looks like he's getting sharper and sharper. He's literally the best finisher in the whole world. Can we not just give him a chance