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Originally Posted by devo22
I prefer Falcao on an expensive loan to Balotelli on a permanent deal 
no idea what the fee is, reports have been conflicting. English journalists have tweeted nearly every figure between £6m and £12m, while reports in France say it's a €10m loan deal (£8m) for a year with a €55m (£43m) option to buy. Apparently RvP needs surgery and will be out for a while, so it kinda makes sense. What makes me happy is that City wanted him too and were ready to offload Negredo to make it happen financially, so whenever you can beat a rival to a big signing, that's great.
Lots of options now. Besides the 3-5-2, they could go for a 4-4-2 diamond with Blind - Herrera di Maria - Mata behind Rooney and Falcao. They could opt for a 4-2-3-1 with di Maria and two of Rooney, Mata and Januzaj behind Falcao. Still need a CM though ... |
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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
Falcao is a great signing
if it costs 20m (6m fee plus his wages) it's a drop in the bucket for United, and while it doesn't really fix their biggest issues, he's a world class player you never turn that down
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At least with a purchase, be it Balotelli or someone else, you have to option to turn around and sell the player to recoup something.
And normally I'd agree with you, but for a loan?
This was the article I read a few days ago:
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Monaco have set a fee of 20 million euros to take Falcao on loan for a season.
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http://www.espnfc.com/league-name/st...07985/headline
And his wages are on top of that which would likely be another 10M Euros or so.
Davey boy must be choked that management never gave him over £150M in one window.