Chelsea lines up £45m bid for Radamel Falcao

Chelsea are plotting a £45million swoop for Colombian superstar Radamel Falcao.

Preliminary discussions have already taken place about a January move for the Atletico Madrid goal machine.

And Blues owner Roman Abramovich has given the green light to a formal bid after watching Falcao destroy his team in last month’s UEFA Super Cup.

The European champions now believe they cannot achieve their ambitions…

Manchester City & Chelsea battles to sign Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao

Manchester City are leading Chelsea in the race to sign Atletico Madrid star Radamel Falcao for €60 million in January.

Manchester City tried to sign Falcao in the summer and are willing to pay a record fee for the Colombian in the New Year, with Portuguese super agent Jorge Mendes attempting to broker the move.

A summer…

TEAM NEWS: Falcao & Llorente go head to head as Atletico & Athletic name attacking sides for Europa League final

Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao both name strong sides for Wednesday night’s Europa League final in Bucharest, with Radamel Falcao leading the line for Diego Simeone’s men and Fernando Llorente flanked by Iker Muniain and Markel Susaeta in an intriguing line-up for Marcelo Bielsa’s team.Luis Perea, who had been struggling with a thigh problem and will leave Atletico at…

Focused Falcao committed to Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao has pledged his future to the club ahead of Wednesday night’s Europa League final with Athletic Bilbao.The Colombia international has enjoyed a spectacular debut campaign with the Rojiblancos after joining from Porto last season, netting 36 times in all competitions so far this season.

That has prompted talk of a move…

Atletico Madrid’s Falcao: The referee was the only one who did not see Busquets’ handball

Atletico Madrid forward Radamel Falcao expressed his bewilderment at the referee’s failure to spot Sergio Busquets‘ handball during Sunday’s clash with Barcelona.Busquets appeared to handle the ball in the area during the dying seconds of the Rojiblancos’ 2-1 loss at the Vicente Calderon but match official Perez Lasa waved away the home side’s appeals…