{"id":131333,"date":"2015-07-04T06:18:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T06:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=131333"},"modified":"2015-07-04T06:18:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T06:18:53","slug":"chelsea-sign-falcao-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=131333","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea sign Falcao on loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">Chelsea have signed Monaco striker Radamel Falcao on a season-long loan deal, with the option to make the deal permanent.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Colombia international spent last season on loan at Manchester United, scoring four goals in 29 games.<\/p>\n<p>He links up with former Atletico Madrid team-mates Thibaut Courtois, Filipe Luis and Diego Costa.<\/p>\n<p>Croatian midfielder Mario Pasalic, 20, goes the other way on loan for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Falcao said: &#8220;I am very happy to be joining Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to start training, to help with our aim of retaining the league title and being successful in Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The striker scored 72 goals in two seasons for FC Porto between 2009 and 2011, before joining Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>After 70 goals in two prolific seasons with the Spanish side, Monaco signed him for \u00a350m in 2013.<\/p>\n<div class=\"data-table-outer\">\n<table class=\"data-table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"heading\">\n<th class=\"left first\" colspan=\"3\">Falcao factfile<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"colheading\">\n<th class=\"left first\">Club<\/th>\n<th class=\"left \">Appearances<\/th>\n<th class=\"left \">Goals<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\">River Plate (2004-09)<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">90<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\">Porto (2009-11)<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">72<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\">Atletico Madrid (2011-13)<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">86<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\">Monaco (2013-14)<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">20<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\">Manchester United (2014-15)<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">29<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>He suffered anterior cruciate ligament damage in January 2014 and joined United on loan that summer.<\/p>\n<p>Falcao and Costa have previously played up front together for Atletico and won the 2013 Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Pasalic, who signed for Chelsea from Hajduk Split 12 months ago,spent last season on loan with Elche in La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have signed Monaco striker Radamel Falcao on a season-long loan deal, with the option to make the deal permanent. The 29-year-old Colombia international spent last season on loan at Manchester United, scoring four goals in 29 games. He links up with former Atletico Madrid team-mates Thibaut Courtois, Filipe Luis and Diego Costa. 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