Friday, 14th November, 2014
Former Manchester United first team coach Phil Neville has revealed that an Atletico Madrid scout told him that Radamel Falcao is better than Diego Costa and Sergio Aguero.
The Colombia international joined the Red Devils on a season-long loan deal in the summer, but is yet to hit the ground running at Old Trafford.
However, Neville insisted that according to the Rojiblancos scout, Falcao, who like Chelsea’s Costa and Manchester City star Aguero, once played for Atletico Madrid, is the best of the lot.
"I was speaking to an Atletico Madrid scout at a game a couple of weeks ago", he told the BBC.
“And bearing in mind they've had Sergio Aguero, Diego Costa and they've had Falcao – they say Falcao is the best of out of all those strikers.”
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Falcao, who missed a large chunk of the previous season and the World Cup with a serious knee injury, is currently sidelined with a calf problem.
And Neville believes Manchester United signed the 28-year-old on a loan deal as the striker was coming back from a cruciate knee ligament injury.
"We need to get him fit and firing, at the moment he's not, and I think that's probably why we signed him on loan, because he's come back from a long-term injury”, he continued.
"I think there are big question marks whether he is going to retain that fitness for a long period of time."
Falcao has thus far made five Premier League appearances for Manchester United, scoring once and providing two assists.
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