For me, he's the best out and out forward in the world. He offers everything. Pace, power, strength, aerial ability and fantastic finishing.
Radamel Falcao Garcia
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For me, he's the best out and out forward in the world. He offers everything. Pace, power, strength, aerial ability and fantastic finishing.
The way he gets behind Chelsea defenders is a joy to watch. One of the best strikers in europe at the moment.
Chelsea defence was a bit of a joke though
He is without a doubt the best CF in world football right now.
Only a matter of time before he moves to one of the big spanish clubs.
I shudder to think what he'd add to Barca or Real alongside a Messi or Ronaldo
chelsea will spunk big money for him after getting fed up with torres this season.
I reckon next summer it'll be chelsea tabling 45 million + torres for him.
I thought he was too good to play in the uefa cup, and now he's almost too big for the CL champs??? Outstanding performance. He had ten times more energy than any other player out there.
What I'm concerned about is the money he was sold to athletico for. I thought I heard €45m, so what kind of offer would you have to make to temp them to sell? There's not a lot of room for a profit unless you spit out a world record fee, and that's hardly money you can pay for a player like that. Only Ronaldo and Messi can justify a fee above £50m today.
What I'm concerned about is the money he was sold to athletico for. I thought I heard €45m, so what kind of offer would you have to make to temp them to sell? There's not a lot of room for a profit unless you spit out a world record fee, and that's hardly money you can pay for a player like that. Only Ronaldo and Messi can justify a fee above £50m today.
i hope chelsea or citeh will never get him. he would be a great addition to any of the club who sign him. if this happen we can only hope he is not suitable to the premier league. if not then it will be a very bad news to us.
To be honest, i'd pay 50-55 for fabregas if he was willing to come and would sign a 6 year deal and be perfectly happy at utd.
Atletico won't sell to Real I guess? Barca probably doesn't need him. Looks like City or Chelsea for him.
Not suitable how? He's a beast of a player, great finisher, great movement, very good in the air, well built which helps him dominate defenders, what does he lack?
Statements like these really ought to go out of fashion specially after wiry inputs from other leagues have flourished in England.
A friend of mine who was sitting close to the pitch could see how people in suits were trying to communicate with him with their hands and small paper notes.
They didn't seem to understand each other much but the last thing they said to each other was january, and then Falcao gave his thumb up and left with his team mates to shower.
They didn't seem to understand each other much but the last thing they said to each other was january, and then Falcao gave his thumb up and left with his team mates to shower.
If Falcao is as bona fide as he has looked in Europe (for the last 3 seasons) and what we're seeing is his actual level - and thus far, there's nothing to say it's not - then we're looking at an all-time great in the making and a player who will go down as one the greatest strikers in modern history when all is said and done.
In today's market, and with what he continues to do on the pitch, £50m - £60m should be his fee. No bones about it being an astronomical amount, but again, if this is his level, he is truly an elite striker who can turn a game in an instant against any opponent in any competition. Players of his class are gold dust and all of them would be bracketed in the same band or above if they are or were his age:
Rooney, Villa(peak), Ibrahimovic (was valued at 65m in Barca move), Van Persie (of the last 18 months), Eto'o (peak), Drogba (peak), Tevez, Aguero, Benzema... Falcao isn't out of place in that company.
I guess a couple of problems he has that are out of his hands are that he plays for a crap NT and will never get the chance to light up an international tournament and he hasn't had the chance to wrack up goals in the CL to verify his pedigree, but from his movement, finishing and all-round game, there's no way the CL would effect him.
Atletico paid a fortune for him, and rightfully, anyone who wants the player will be quoted an astronomical price because he is an absolute gem who keeps on proving his class and looks to be improving and is not even at his peak yet.
For the price he will cost - unless he'd force a move to one of the Spanish giants - I can't see anyone but City, Chelsea or PSG acquiring his services, unfortunately.
You don't buy a player from a smaller club for +€50m. Only transfers between big super clubs and proven superstars with extreme status can be handed such a price tag.
Only players like Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo x2, Messi, Ibrahimovic etc who were big leaders and super stars in super clubs can cost that amount. A player like Torres was not up there, Carroll was not up there and Falcao is not up there either.
Had he played for Juventus and then Barca or Madrid came in form him, then YES he might had cost somewhere around €50m - TOP
An honest price tag for him today would be 25-30m euro.
that's why i said "i hope", because he is too good to be a failure wherever he plays his football. who knows, maybe he would not like the weather, or the food, or the system at the club he would be playing, you have to take that under consideration. i certainly don't like the idea of seeing our defenders facing him at least twice every season.
huh? Falcao is worth 25-30mil because he plays for Atletico and not a huge club? how does that even make sense? You think Atletico will sell him for 25mil just because they're not Real? Its the player you're buying, not a stake in the club.
No team will have a chance of getting him below 40mil, not unless Atletico are crazy. I'd expect it to be close to 50mil if am honest.
Good fecking luck with that!
That's a highly bizarre outlook.
Neither do I. Its inevitable he'l move, I just hope its not to Chelsea or City. Dont see them selling to Real and Barca is the only club he could go to but with Messi playing Centrally, i dont see how they'd fit him. He'd be incredible there if am honest, with his movement and finishing, they'd be amazing. but messi wont budge and maybe rightly so. I dont see who else can afford him but City and Chelsea
It was because the money got out of hand at an early stage. From Poro to Atletico should have been no more than 15-20m. Now his price is already too high. If Atletico were to sell for 50m they hardly won anything. Now things are a mess they will have to pay up just because of that first ridiculous transfer.
As someone wrote earlier, he was offered to Aston Villa for 7m a couple of years ago.
An honest price and realistic route of career could look like this: Porto - 18m - Atletico - 28m Chelsea - 55m Madrid - 4m Bolton
15-20mil? You really ought to have seen him during his time at Porto. Agreed it was an inferior league but he looked in a different class right from his time there. I do agree Atletico paid much more than what other clubs would have but regardless of that, he would still not be moving for anywhere close to 25mil after the career he's had the past few years and the abilities he has displayed. One of the best strikers in the world doesnt move for 25mil.
He has definitely took over Baz's mantle of Wumming.
This lad looks amazing. Rooney + 15 mil
We agree the fee Atletico paid was too much. So, this player should not have cost that much to start with. The price is not correct - Atletico could end up with a +-0 result in this transfer unless some rich arab comes in and once again turn the world upside down.
What I'm saying is that his price today is unrealistic. From Atletico he can not move for more than 30m - impossible. Ok?
If every player had the price of their potential or value the transfer windows would be rather quiet. An earlier example of this kind of tranfer was Denilson to Betis. A small club paying his 'to be finished article value' and hoping he would reach that potential. Andy Carroll is an up to date example of where things went terribly wrong.
So what Atletico did was that they paid their money to borrow this player. He contributes in giving them a big cup win and when the time is right he will move on - if he develops the correct way.
90m
He went for close to 35mil, i'd say he was worth 25mil back then. After the seasons he's had at Atletico, he'd still be worth 40mil + now even if they had got him for 25. Its as simple as that. A player of his quality isnt cheap. For 25mil, Atletico would send the bidder his shirt and some of his hair.
I think this will be very interesting the day the transfer is happening. Regardless of what will happen up til then I say his transfer fee will be under 30m euro - easily. By then we will know for sure how things will go and we will see who was right
I think this will be very interesting the day the transfer is happening. Regardless of what will happen up til then I say his transfer fee will be under 30m euro - easily. By then we will know for sure how things will go and we will see who was right
Fair enough, we'l see. If he goes for less than 30mil, Atletico are crazy. He'l be gone in a year max too i reckon.
So, you're a WUM? Because you're certainly not talking about reality or real world figures for the best natural striker in the game at this current time.
He was bought to Atletico for more than you're touting he should be sold for... and since then he has only gotten better, to the point Atletico, should they own all of the player's rights, can and should expect at least £10m in profit if not more when or if he is sold - if their financial situation doesn't see them having to sell at a cut-price fee.
I think he'll leave for a fee between 35 and 40m euros
I think this will be very interesting the day the transfer is happening. Regardless of what will happen up til then I say his transfer fee will be under 30m euro - easily. By then we will know for sure how things will go and we will see who was right
I'll take this bet with you, you reckon he'll move for less then 30m euro. I say it'll be over.
Deal?
Winner/Loser gets something like a tagline change or something if the mods agree to it.
I see him at either of City or Chelsea in a year for 40mil plus. Close to 50mil if am honest.
Falcao is fantastic. I think he will score about 50 goals this season and hopefully get Atletico into the champions league. They might be able to keep him then
Ok they paid him 47, and they will sell him for 30
He certainly wont go on the cheap. Aguero didn't, and if Falcao goes eventually he wont either. I'm glad he stayed there for another season at least, just a pity we can't see him perform in the premier Euro competition this year. Last night proved who the real kings of Europe are...
Can't wait to see him out of Atletico. This will now be his third consecutive year without CL football, which is a bit of a crime. He only played UCL in is first year in Europe.