Radamel Falcao will be heading to
Chelsea this summer after Jose Mourinho vowed to get the former Manchester
United player on fire again.
Mourinho apparently told a South
American TV station that he will throw the Colombia striker a Premier League
lifeline and sign him from Monaco.
‘If I can help Falcao reach his
level again, I will do it,’ Mourinho was claimed to have said on DirecTV Sports
on Wednesday. 'It hurts me that people in England think that the real Falcao is
the one we saw at Manchester United.’
It is understood the champions will
bring the 29-year-old in on a season-long loan to replace departing legend
Didier Drogba as they bolster their attacking options.
Mourinho, meanwhile, also played
down talk that Falcao’s Colombian team-mate Juan Cuadrado could leave this
summer after less than six months at Stamford Bridge.
Cuadrado struggled to make a great
impact following his £27million move from Fiorentina. But Mourinho reportedly
confirmed: ‘Cuadrado is not going anywhere this summer.’
Falcao endured a frightening spell at Old Trafford last season, where he failed to settle in Louis van Gaal’s side scoring only 4 times in 26 appearances most of which he was a substitute.
United refused to make his
short-term agreement into a permanent £50million transfer, making the way for
Mourinho to make a move.
And the Blues boss believes Falcao
will prove his doubters wrong and become a success story in west London
alongside the likes of Diego Costa and Eden Hazard.
Falcao is away in Chile with
Colombia for the Copa America which starts on Friday and is future is set to be
resolved by next month at the latest.
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