that makes up for what was actually a poor little run for him. Had been a fair number of games since he'd scored from open play.
Radamel Falcao Garcia
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That's true. However, I think Roman will write off this season and so will be willing to give Torres a bit more of a chance. Therefore, as you say the push will come from AM.
Shit player. Can't even score a double hat trick.
Legend
Its not just the amount of goals, the quality of it is absolutely top-draw.
I pray either Real or Barca sign him, do not want him at one of our rivals
Who was it that could have had him a couple of years ago for next to nothing? Was it FSW?
I have a person working close to the most important people in Real Madrid, and he told me Ronaldo is leaving and Falcao is coming. Price is about ≈ 30m euro.
30 million euros? Didn't Atletico pay 47 million euros for Falcao in 2011?
Atletico need to get rid of him as soon as possible, even at a loss, as far as I recall. They're fecked financially and he's costing them a fortune.
Let's say a donation of £50 to the caf
He's just deluding himself because he knows he'll have to pay up, duffer. Atletico's financial situation might be terrible but they're not going to sell him for less than they paid when he's clearly shown the world he's worth every bit as much as Aguero or Torres at his peak. Imagine he went for less money than Andy Carroll...
This.
17 m euro (47-30) for all those memories is an OK price to pay. It's like Messi joining Aston Villa for a couple of months.
Sounds like a load of bollox.
Like Real Madrid need a striker anyway, when they have Ronaldo, Benzema and Higuain who are all brilliant. Ronaldo isn't leaving, and neither are the other 2 so it would be completely pointless.
Chelsea wont go for him until the end of the season, They spent 50 million on a striker and I believe Roman still has hopes that Torres can find form under Benitez and City wont go for him until one of Balotelli, Dzeko or Tevez leave. The same stories keep appearing when Falcao scores a goal. Whatever the deal, and whatever Atletico's debts, they wont be selling him in january unless they want to slide down the table and face a huge fan backlash.
Chelsea wont go for him until the end of the season, They spent 50 million on a striker and I believe Roman still has hopes that Torres can find form under Benitez and City wont go for him until one of Balotelli, Dzeko or Tevez leave. The same stories keep appearing when Falcao scores a goal. Whatever the deal, and whatever Atletico's debts, they wont be selling him in january unless they want to slide down the table and face a huge fan backlash.
Falcao for less than a little country is nonsense.
They paid €45m for Falcao (40) + Ruben Micael (5), but they were never interested in the later and have him out loaned for ages. I guess his addition was just to make the deal look less expensive.
Falcao for 30m and Torres - possibility?
What about United going permanent 4-3-3/4-2-3-1/some 4-3-2-1 tree formation and allowing Rooney and Van Persie to flank Falcao in attack - plausible?
What about United going permanent 4-3-3/4-2-3-1/some 4-3-2-1 tree formation and allowing Rooney and Van Persie to flank Falcao in attack - plausible?
Looks a bit overkill in my opinion.
4-2-4 with a midfield of kagawa/cleverley, and an attack of rvp, Rooney,lewandowski, falcao
Sign him and sell Rooney
This guy for €30m? As if!
Natural born finisher, outrageous goal today. Could of had another couple of goals in that first 35minutes as well!
He knew he'd scored by the time he entered the box - no hesitancy at any point! And that was a near-perfect header off the post in the first couple of minutes.
I really hope that he doesn't end up in England. Don't want him anywhere near City/Chelsea.
ronnie comes home, falcao to madrid....everyone is happy
Was that CarLETH Puyol there going mental? knobber.
knobber.unbelievable striker
Brwned, you watch a lot of football, so I'm interested on your perspective on this. In Falcao, are we witnessing the emergence of one of the best strikers in modern times, or is he simply a very good striker in a very rich vein of form?
awww what a goal that was. Cheeky finish, his composure is fantastic
If you can call 4 or so years (basically ever since he came to Europe) of ridiculous form scoring 34, 38, 36 and now 20 goals in their respective seasons good form. He's probably the best striker in the world at the moment, and has been showing it consistently for the past 2 years. I know you asked Brwned but IMO he can get up there with the best finishers of all time by the time he's done.
How fecking good was that goal? Wow.
Earlier on he had kind of scuffed his shot across goal but was under pressure but like you say this time there was going to be no mistake. Slowed down at the end, didn't rush himself and as cool as you like
Surprised by how quick he was there as well, Busquets is a very smart operator and didn't even get a chance of taking him down which is what he would usually do in situations like this.
I don't watch anywhere near enough of Falcao to really know but yeah, I think he's going to be regarded as being up there with the best finishers/strikers of the last two decades. That's class not form, without question.
I do think he's awfully similar to Crespo and there's always the chance that injuries or poor career moves could halt that march to the top. It's easy to forget that Crespo scored 26 goals in Serie A at his peak - a record van Basten, Baggio, Batistuta, Shevchenko, Signori and others couldn't beat. Crespo was 26 when he left for Lazio and ultimately began his decline, Falcao's at the same age and he needs to find the right team for his next move. I think he'd be lethal in Madrid but he'd have a bit of adjusting to do if he went to City/Chelsea.
Certainly you can see him reaching Shvechenko/RvN levels but he has it in him to get right up there with Batigol.
Same, he's lightening. I actually thought a slight lack of pace could be what holds him back from being a complete forward but he really is just the ultimate goalscorer.
From that gif it looks as though Valdes really should have done better but the angle may be deceiving.
No chance, Valdes positioned himself well for the shot, and watching the game live it looked as though he was going to whip an aimless ball across goal for Costa, or cut back and shoot with his right foot or something. I don't think anyone expected he'd pull off such an audacious chip from such a position, not Valdes, not the Barca defenders, not Costa. It was pure genius.
He isn't even a fast dribbler but he's so smart "attacking the space" around him that it doesn't hamper him in the slightest.
He only touched the ball 3 times in that gif. Perfect movement to take advantage of his opponents positioning and perfect accuracy and weight on every touch of the ball.
That's an incredible level of class. No way form justifies his level at the moment.
He only touched the ball 3 times in that gif. Perfect movement to take advantage of his opponents positioning and perfect accuracy and weight on every touch of the ball.
That's an incredible level of class. No way form justifies his level at the moment.
He was never gonna cross it, that much is clear from his penultimate touch which takes him centrally. Just looks to me like he doesn't quite get the loft he was going for and was saved by the fact that Valdes committed himself too soon. But like I said, could be the angle.
I don't rate Valdes too much but there's no way he's at fault here.
He thought Falcao was going to drill it, positioned himself for that, and was outdone by a Falcao deceiving him and going for the chip.
Basically, he was outdone by a bit of Falcao genius, no shame in that.